CAL FIRE adds new Fire Hawk helicopter to San Diego County fleet ahead of peak fire season

The aircraft can drop up to 1,000 gallons of water, transport crews into remote terrain, and eventually conduct nighttime ...

Cal Fire deploys new C-130 Hercules, copter at upgraded Ramona base

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Cal Fire's fourth C-130 Hercules airtanker and 11th Helitack base are operational at the recently ...

Fire Hawk helicopters training over Folsom Lake as Cal Fire gears up for summer threat

Cal Fire helicopters will train over Folsom Lake this weekend. Here's what they are training to do.
Times of San Diego

Firehawk helicopter joins county’s wildfire defense team

San Diego Fire-Rescue’s S-70i Firehawk dropping water. Photo courtesy United Rotorcraft Call it the lucky thirteenth. San Diego County is introducing a thirteenth firefighting chopper to its fleet: ...
Sacramento Bee

Cal Fire helicopter pilots to train at night in the Sacramento area. Here’s when

Cal Fire will conduct night-vision helicopter training in the Sacramento area. The pilots will train three nights up to 11 p.m. near Folsom Lake, Georgetown and Grass Valley. The training aims to ...