Colorado officials are thanking firefighters for their quick action after multiple fires threatened nearby homes. First responders in Douglas County say the series of small brush fires that burned 130 ...

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 ...

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says the airport fire, sparked Sunday, would have been a far worse result had it not been for the helicopter operated by the county itself.

CUSTER COUNTY, CO — A high mountain rescue from over the weekend shows the value of the fire helitack crews working in collaboration with search and rescue teams. According to a Facebook post from ...

Cal Fire's elite Helitack unit based in Los Gatos began firefighter training a month early to prepare for an intense fire season.On Thursday, Cal Fire trained with firefighters from San Jose and Santa ...

One clear sign the Bay Area’s rainy season is starting is when Cal Fire starts shifting its training to water rescues. On Wednesday, helicopter crews known as Helitack, began training with other ...

For the firefighters at the Cal Fire Boggs Mountain Helitack Base on Cobb Mountain in Lake County, the 2020 fire season began in mid-April, when 12 seasonal firefighters were hired. A few weeks ago, ...