KERNVILLE, Calif. (KERO) — For the past few years, the genders of those on the team have been close to evenly split, a rarity in wildland firefighting units. The Kernville Helitack is a team ...

For most people, a wildfire is a looming spectre, whose consequences cloud the air. For those in the path of the flames, the fire is a terrifying stranger pounding at their door, upending their lives ...

CalFire’s Vina Helitack sits as a sentinel watching over the valley and ready to respond to any emergency call it receives – be it wildfires, medical calls or vegetation and structure fires. Reopen ...

Since 1972 travelers along Highway 99E near South Avenue have viewed the Vina Helitack Base sitting high upon a hill on the east side of the roadway, reminding people of the vital services the base ...

CUSTER COUNTY, CO — A high mountain rescue from over the weekend shows the value of the fire helitack crews working in collaboration with search and rescue teams. According to a Facebook post from ...

LANCASTER, Calif. – Instead of sirens it is the sound of a helicopter that you hear as these firefighters get to their destination. They are part of the Angeles National Forest Helitack crew based out ...

From Alaska to Arizona, crews have come from all over the country to fight the Roaring Lion fire near Hamilton. On hand is a helitack crew from Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The medically ...

In the remote areas of Washington state, when a flame starts in the dry season, it can quickly turn into blaze. Eating up dried needles and brittle grasses, it fans out and envelops more fuel, ...

CLE ELUM - Laden with chain saws, hand tools, radios, food, water and emergency fire shelters, the crews scrambled aboard the helicopters. Within minutes, they were flying over the ridge to the ...

Alex MacLean Feb 2, 2023 Feb 2, 2023 Updated Feb 3, 2023 The U.S. Forest Service is asking the public’s help to solve a string of thefts at ranger district offices in the Stanislaus National Forest ...