The aircraft can hold about 4,500 liters (1,200 gallons) of fire retardant that it can drop in the path of fires. The planes are smaller than many air tankers and can be used in fast initial ...

The C-130 air tanker, which is able to carry up to 4,000 gallons of water or fire retardant, proved to be a valuable aerial attack resource during the initial stages ...

Air tankers and chemical fire retardants have been used since the 1950s, allowing firefighters to reach difficult spots. The U.S. Forest Service says retardants are used to "slow the rate of ...

Fire hydrants do not generally have the capacity to be used in large-scale firefighting ... the city including the three 1 million-gallon tanks in the Palisades area. We also fueled all our ...

“He had a propane tank, or a… it was a big ... trying to light something on fire,” she continued. The suspect claimed that he used a blowtorch “to smoke marujuana” because he “couldn ...

The C-130 air tanker, which can carry up to 4,000 gallons of fire retardant, was used by CAL FIRE during the initial stages of the initial stages of the Palisades ...

A 1973 brush truck is now on the market in Stockton. The Stockton Volunteer Fire Company is accepting sealed bids until ...

The Alexandria Bay Fire Department is auctioning off a historic vehicle. For the past 7 or so years, a 1940 Dodge fire engine ...

LOS ANGELES − The death toll from a devastating series of fires in Los Angeles County rose to 16, officials announced, as air crews used fire ... An air tanker drops fire retardant at the ...

For more than 30 years, Australasian Transport News (ATN) and its digital platform Fully Loaded have been the leading source of intelligence for owners and managers of medium to large transport ...

The latest reported sale of a veteran VLCC shows how the secondhand market has crashed for such ships. Brokers reported the ...

Crews responded to a fire at a tank manufacturing company in Rapho Township. According to Lancaster County dispatchers, the ...