Wildland firefighters are used to dealing with a variety of complications. Wind. Humidity. Animals. Occasionally, the public.

I'm a part time firefighter and we have a Matrice 30T in our department. It's an incredible tool for locating and monitoring fires, humans, etc. We're required to get a Part 107 cert from the FAA to ...

The Minnesota Interagency Fire Center is reminding residents that flying drones near wildfires is prohibited due to safety risks for firefighters and aircraft. Recent warm and dry weather has led to ...

The drones give fire personnel a view of large brush fires and use thermal imaging to help firefighters identify where fires ...

Fire departments nationwide are enhancing capabilities through advanced training, new technologies, and updated operational protocols. Crews are learning to operate drones, rappel from helicopters, ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Kingsport Fire Department started its drone program in 2018, which at the time was just getting the drone. Since then, it has used it during multiple kinds of emergencies ...

Henderson Fire Department is using drone technology to get closer to fires and save lives.

Unauthorized drones are becoming a serious problem over Arizona wildfires, forcing firefighting aircraft to stop flying at ...

One reason last week’s collision between a firefighting plane and a drone caused such a stir was because Los Angeles doesn’t have many spare “Super Scoopers” to take the aircraft’s place. The Los ...

The U.S. Senate is expected to take up legislation introduced by Rep. Vince Fong that, having passed the House of Representatives unanimously, could advance eastern Kern County’s aerospace industry by ...