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The CAL FIRE Aviation Management Program is a branch of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (known also as CAL FIRE). Due to the frequency and severity of wildfires in California , the state has elected to establish its own aerial firefighting force rather than rely solely on contract or national resources.
Cal Fire currently has 14 Fire Hawks in its fleet, with the other two arriving in 2025. The newest helicopters are a heavy-duty complement to Cal Fire’s fleet of 34-year-old UH-1H Super Huey ...
Since it broke out on Jan. 7, the Palisades fire has caused 11 fatalities, destroyed more than 6,800 buildings, damaged 941, and currently threatens more than 12,000 more structures, according to ...
Live updates: Hughes Fire rages near LA; 50K under evacuation orders, warnings Active California Wildfires. Cal Fire has five active fires listed on its website. They are: Palisades Fire- Los ...
As of January 29, 2025, four fires remain active, which include the Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, Hughes Fire, and Border 2 Fire. [ 5 ] The fires have been exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a build-up of vegetation the previous winter , and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds , which in some places have reached 100 miles per hour (160 ...
The second was an Evergreen contract Bell 205A1 (50 Romeo) starting in 1977 at CDF's Howard Forest Fire Station near the town of Willits, California, with call sign of Copter 100. Copter 100 performed the first rope rappelling at Howard Forest, and demonstrated the value and function of the Medium Helicopter for California firefighting.
The fire began in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area about 30 miles southeast of the city and just north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The area is expected to see rain through the afternoon.
As of 7:15 p.m. PT, the fire had burned 566 acres and was at 0% containment, according to Cal Fire. The department said the blaze had a "dangerous rate'' of spread in an earlier update.