Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster, and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...

WARETOWN ― One of the worst wildfires in southern Ocean County history has more than doubled in size, scorching 8,500 acres, ...

With summer wildfire season just around the corner, California’s fire officials ... to carry 4,000 gallons of fire retardant, more than triple the capacity of the other tankers that Cal Fire ...

“It’s like a fire hydrant on wheels, is the easiest way to explain it. So each tanker has 3,000-4,000 gallons of water. We use these portable dump tanks, which are like swimming pool ...

RICHFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) – Fire departments ... “Basically, the tankers are our portable hydrants. So each one of them hold 2,000 to 3,000 gallons of water. We set up these pump tanks ...

The use of modular aerial fire fighting systems began in 1971 as a joint effort between the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Defense to integrate military air tankers into a national ...