An air tanker drops fire retardant on a brush fire in Lytle Creek in December 2020. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times) For most Californians, the sight of aircraft spewing neon pink liquid over flaming ...

The U.S. Federal District Court of Montana heard oral arguments April 17 for the Forest Service Employees For Environmental Ethics’ lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service for the service’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. (KTXL) – The air ...

Authorities battling a series of large wildfires in the Los Angeles area have employed a bright red fire retardant to tamp the flames, leading to dramatic images of the material blanketing scores of ...

You’ve probably seen flame resistance mentioned in a list of product attributes and thought that it seems like an excellent feature. However, you may have also wondered about flame-resistant ...

Every summer, wildland firefighters across the West gear up for a monumental task, aiming to stop fires that are burning hotter and moving faster with climate change. They accomplish this in two ways: ...

Components and materials utilized in aircraft construction are placed under tremendous pressure. These components and materials must not only offer exceptional performance, but they must also conform ...

For most Californians, the sight of aircraft spewing neon pink liquid over flaming trees and brush has become a hallmark of aggressive wildfire suppression campaigns — if not a potent symbol of ...