Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...

range and payload capacity make it the most capable aircraft in CAL FIRE’s entire fleet. The state received its first of seven retrofitted C-130s in August 2024. That aircraft has gone on 90 ...

These large-capacity, highly specialized aircraft deliver significant volumes of fire retardant in a single mission, ...

Cal Fire has taken a huge step forward in adding a second C-130H Hercules aircraft to its fleet of firefighting tools. This second C-130 is part of what will be ...

State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant outlines how Cal Fire is preparing for the peak of California’s increasingly long and ...

CAL FIRE's new Intel 641 aircraft is innovating technology in firefighting. Recently, it helped map the Pioneer Fire in Tehama County, providing real-time data to crews on the ground.

Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster, and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...

The plane is the second C-130 in Cal Fire’s aviation fleet. The first one, a 1985 former Coast Guard model put into service last August, has been used heavily, flying 90 missions, responding to ...

The plane is the second C-130 in Cal Fire’s aviation fleet. The first one, a 1985 former Coast Guard model put into service last August, was used heavily, flying 90 missions responding to 36 ...