Thursday's deployment marks the fourth aircraft out of a planned statewide fleet of seven.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Cal Fire's fourth C-130 Hercules airtanker and 11th Helitack base are operational at the recently ...

CalFire’s Vina Helitack sits as a sentinel watching over the valley and ready to respond to any emergency call it receives – be it wildfires, medical calls or vegetation and structure fires. Reopen ...

Since 1972 travelers along Highway 99E near South Avenue have viewed the Vina Helitack Base sitting high upon a hill on the east side of the roadway, reminding people of the vital services the base ...

CLE ELUM - Laden with chain saws, hand tools, radios, food, water and emergency fire shelters, the crews scrambled aboard the helicopters. Within minutes, they were flying over the ridge to the ...

LANCASTER, Calif. – Instead of sirens it is the sound of a helicopter that you hear as these firefighters get to their destination. They are part of the Angeles National Forest Helitack crew based out ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 9—CalFire's Vina Helitack sits as a sentinel watching over the valley and ready to respond to any emergency call it receives ...