As for the National Interagency Fire Center, they classify firefighting helicopters into Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3. According to the Forest Service wing of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

A fleet of firefighting aircraft sits at the Santa Maria Public Airport where the state's extreme fire weather has led to an ...

ANGELINA COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - The U.S. Forest Service has sent out a firefighting helicopter to remain on standby for aide as wildfire danger continues to increase across the East Texas Region.

An aerial firefighting task force has been thwarted — and sometimes grounded — by a new interpretation of a U.S. Forest Service policy that prohibits contractors from providing flight ...

BOISE, Idaho— More than 30 wildlife conservation groups today urged the U.S. Forest Service to prohibit Idaho from paying private contractors to shoot wolves from aircraft in national forests in ...