Firefighting efforts in Collier County have been taken to new heights, quite literally. The Collier County Sheriff's Aviation Bureau recently played a crucial role in extinguishing a fire in Wilshire ...

Federal and state firefighters appear to have fixed a problem that left some Montana helicopters off the call list for initial attack missions this wildfire season. “They found our operations to be ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Tennessee National Guard is assisting in efforts to fight wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park shared that ...

It was a close call for the crew of a helicopter as the tail section dipped into the water while they were attempting to fill a Bambi Bucket with water during a wildfire in France. Video captured the ...

Bambi Buckets are used in Hillsborough County to help fight remote fires. So far this year, they have used their Bambi Buckets eight times, dropping 30,000 gallons of water. It takes intense training ...

7:30 p.m.: Firefighters are leaving the Boulder Creek wildfire north of Silverthorne for the evening after a helicopter’s water-bucket drops helped suppress the flames Friday evening. Summit Fire & ...

The Tennessee Army National Guard has deployed two Black Hawk helicopters to Polk County to support firefighters battling a blaze near the North Carolina border. Two helicopters from Knoxville's ...