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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A fire department in Colorado has modernized the way it fights wildfires with high-tech solutions. Last year, Douglas County's fire suppression helicopter and helitack team responded to 34 wildfires, ...

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 ...

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, ...

If you are badly injured in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, the rescue may include dangling from a fixed line attached to the Mesa Verde Helitack helicopter. Short-haul operations are a ...

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 ...