Supporting aerial firefighting missions, the Boeing 767 is set to become the next chapter in Coulson Aviation USA's Very Large Airtanker program (also known as VLAT ). The program will mark a ...

Private firefighters are increasingly popular with inusurers. But some argue it creates a two-tiered system where only the homes of the rich are saved. Robert MacKenzie is an assistant fire chief—but ...

The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) has developed a next-generation autonomous fire suppression system that can detect and extinguish oil fires aboard naval vessels even under rough ...

As out-of-control wildfires threatened thousands of Los Angeles residents earlier this month, the companies that fight infernos from the air raced to send their air tankers and water bombers to the ...

Senior Researcher Dr. Hyuk Lee(left) of the KIMM developed a fire suppression system for initial response to oil fires on naval vessels. A next-generation fire suppression system capable of ...

When devastating wildfires erupted across Los Angeles County this week, David Torgerson's team of firefighters went to work. The thousands of city, county and state firefighters dispatched to battle ...

The California state fire agency is partnering with rotorcraft manufacturer Sikorsky to explore how autonomous vertical-lift solutions can improve wildfire response. Under a five-year initiative ...

POTTSVILLE — Given the oppressive conditions under which they lived and worked, it’s hard to imagine how 19th Century Irish immigrants had time to volunteer as firefighters. Yet they did, according to ...