In addition to the 4,191 wildland firefighters relentlessly battling the Rim Fire, there are several different types of aircraft providing support and dropping retardant on the massive fire, which has scorched 187,466 acres in and around the western edge of […]
Channel Island Air National Guard MAFFS Fights Rim Fire California has called on all available resources to fight the Rim Fire in Tuolumne County and Yosemite National Park, including calling up the California National Guard to support ground crews from […]
The Rim Fire began August 17 on the mountain ridges in Tuolumne County, Calif. (Photo via Inciweb) The Rim Fire is out of control and has entered a remote section of Yosemite National Park. In just six days, the blaze […]
A portable water tank is set up to fill the tank on the U.S. Forest Service’s Twin Otter aircraft, which was used in July at the Papoose Fire in the Salmon-Challis National Forest in Idaho. (USDA photo by Casey Teske) […]
A MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130E makes a fire retardant drop on the Simi Fire in Southern California in 2003. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt Dennis W. Goff) Where are the air tankers? […]