Cal Fire to conduct final night aerial firefighting training exercise in the Northstate

Cal Fire will conduct its final scheduled Night Aerial Firefighting Exercise of the year on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, giving ...
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Firefighting training brings Army, Air Guard crews together in Great Falls

The training was part of an effort to bring together Army and Air National Guard firefighters at the Great Falls Airport Fire ...

Cal Fire crews train near Auburn for overnight wildfire response as fire season ramps up

At McClellan Airfield, pilots, crews, and command staff took part in a nighttime aerial firefighting exercise designed to ...
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Kern County Fire Department seeks training for pilots to operate new firefighting aircraft

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Four pilots with the Kern County Fire Department are expected to receive training through June of 2026 to fly the department’s new Firehawk helicopters, according to the ...
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Sim breakthrough could spark aerial firefighter training revolution

A team at the University of Glasgow’s James Watt School of Engineering has developed complex simulation software which, for ...
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Fire Hawk helicopters training over Folsom Lake as Cal Fire gears up for summer threat

Cal Fire helicopters will sweep low over Folsom Lake on Friday and Saturday as crews stage one of the agency's final major training exercises as peak wildfire season begins across Northern California, ...
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Firefighting rappel crews sharpen their skills in Central Oregon forests

Kathryn Styer Martínez / OPB Firefighters Max Li and Owen Fortey worked in silence as they checked each other’s harnesses and flight gear, using hand taps and the thumbs up gesture to move through a ...