Cal Fire uses new tech to train helicopter crews to fight fires at night
It marks a significant shift in fighting wildfires as nighttime helicopter suppression used to be impossible.
It marks a significant shift in fighting wildfires as nighttime helicopter suppression used to be impossible.
It is becoming easier for the public to get up-to-date fire mapping fast.
They are crucial when it comes to fighting wildland fires. You often see planes and helicopters making drops that can be the difference between life and death, but what about the people in the cockpit?
It was a race to stop a house fire from spreading to other structures in Colfax early Wednesday morning.
Cal Fire is hoping to inspire girls to join the fire service after they become adults.
A man who had been missing since Christmas Day in Placer County was found Saturday in a canyon and taken to a hospital.
This year has been a big change of pace for Cal Fire as they have been able to work on more prescribed burns than wildfires this year.
Cultural burning is an ancient practice to preserve the land but it's now reshaping wildfire strategies across California.
In recent years, each California fire season has felt progressively more active, which makes Northern California's slower 2023 season feel even more quiet.
Cal Fire is getting national recognition for a piece of technology that is helping in the firefight. Time magazine named the agency's fire detection artificial intelligence program one of the best inventions of 2023.
Cal Fire says it has a new tool to battle wildfires before they explode -- artificial intelligence.
Cal Fire says drones are getting in the way of aerial firefighting efforts. Flights in restricted airspace have happened six times this year. Cal Fire warns flying drones in firefighting airspace is a crime.
A new tool aims to make neighborhoods safer from wildfires by linking state agencies together. It's a new database that looks at how wildfire prevention projects are going.
Some of California’s most devastating fires have moved through in October and November.
Smoke from the wildfires burning up north has found its way into the Sacramento Valley creating poor air quality. Much of the area is already under a red flag warning due to the low humidity, high wind and high temperatures.
Firefighters are on high alert after the National Weather Service issued its first red flag warning for the Sacramento Valley region this year.
As Tropical Storm Hilary battered parts of Southern California, it gave crews the break they needed in fighting fires across the northern region of the state.
It's been a relatively quiet fire season but Cal Fire, the state's main firefighting agency, says they've been keeping their crews sharp for whatever happens next.
This technology is using aerial resources, plus satellite imagery, to give real-time information to teams on the ground.
The National Transportation Safety Board and other agencies are still investigating what caused a deadly mid-air collision between two Cal Fire helicopters on Sunday.
Only on CBS13, we get an inside look at a correctional camp in Nevada County where inmate firefighters are getting ready for wildfire season.
The long-awaited heatwave arrived in Northern California on Friday.
Several brush fires over the past few weeks are a sign that California's fire season is in full swing.
Artificial intelligence is now helping firefighters identify wildfires with cameras that can detect smoke without the help of any human eyes.
Crews stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire that sparked near Valley Springs in Calaveras County on Sunday.
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Caldor Fire survivors are looking to sue the U.S. Forest Service, claiming they were negligent in protecting Grizzly Flats from destruction.
A ubiquitous, resilient and seemingly harmless plant is fueling an increase in large, fast-moving and destructive wildfires in the United States.
It marks a significant shift in fighting wildfires as nighttime helicopter suppression used to be impossible.
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They are crucial when it comes to fighting wildland fires. You often see planes and helicopters making drops that can be the difference between life and death, but what about the people in the cockpit?
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It was not yet clear how many vehicles were involved or if anyone was hurt.
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The number of hate-motivated crimes in California has risen 20% in just one year. Now, there's a new effort to stop people from distributing flyers that contain hateful speech.