A hiker who fell down a waterfall had to be rescued by being harnessed to a 150-foot rope and pulled out by a helicopter, ...

A retired Los Angeles County firefighter has developed the Heli-Hydrant - a small, open tank that can be located in urban areas to give helicopters a much closer water source.

According to the Associated Press, Mark Whaling's innovative Heli-Hydrant is transforming wildfire response efforts in ...

A retired L.A. County fire captain knows firsthand what it’s like to wait on a helicopter to refill on water while he's ...

Heli-Hydrants give firefighting helicopters quicker access to water, helping crews battle California wildfires faster. View ...

During a new process aimed at increasing the county’s fiscal transparency, Los Angeles ... our planes or helicopters,” he said. “For the first 14 hours of the Eaton fire, we couldn’t ...

(K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune) San Diego County wants to buy a second firefighting helicopter ... fire protection districts in the state. He also said that, after the Los Angeles ...

The glow of the Border 2 fire through ... Prompted by the Los Angeles wildfire disaster, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to purchase a twin-engine helicopter and more ...