SACRAMENTO -- Stepping into a virtual world to stay safe in the real one, Cal Fire is using augmented reality technology to ...

CAL FIRE acquired 12 UH-1F helicopters through the Federal Excess Personal Property program in 1981 but replaced them nine years later with the modified UH-1H Super Huey. The helicopter’s ...

Cal Fire currently has over 60 planes and helicopters within its firefighting ... Meanwhile, the Super Huey has the capacity for 324 gallons for buckets and 360 for its fixed tank.

Helicopters, like the Bell UH-1H Super Huey, carry a bucket below the aircraft that contains ... where aircraft like the S-2T tanker can be refilled on the ground within minutes. Cal Fire also has ...

Cal Fire has the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world. Its fleet of helicopters includes the Bell UH-1H Super Huey and the Sikorsky S-70i. As for the National Interagency Fire ...

Cal Fire had more than ... Command and control planes orbit the fire above 2,500 feet. They fly in a clockwise direction so they can better see the tankers and helicopters on the fire.

For more than a week, the skies above Los Angeles have buzzed with helicopters, aeroplanes, and drones battling the most devastating fires in southern California history. Helicopters in particular ...

Helicopters, like the Bell UH-1H Super Huey, carry a bucket below the aircraft ... can be refilled on the ground within minutes. Cal Fire also has seven new airtankers that were put into service ...