The temperature around the Fort Campbell, Ky., area held steady the past few weeks at more than 100 degrees, and little to no precipitation has turned much of the grass, shrubs and wooded areas into ...

Bambi Buckets are used in Hillsborough County to help fight remote fires. So far this year, they have used their Bambi Buckets eight times, dropping 30,000 gallons of water. It takes intense training ...

Don Arney was born in 1947 in the Canadian city of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. His father’s career in construction work took the Arney family to different locales throughout Vancouver Island.

A serious update on the marsh fire, from the NOFD: New Orleans, LA. — On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 three Louisiana National Guard (LANG) helicopters made almost 300 "Bambi bucket" drops putting ...

Marion County's new helicopter is ready for action. In addition to using the newly acquired 2001 Bell 206B3 helicopter for usual law enforcement missions, the sheriff's helicopter can carry a Bambi ...

Two state agencies have teamed up to more effectively fight wildfires – it’s an effort more than 5 years in the making. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Michigan State Police are ...

Early this morning, an MLH class helicopter of the Indian Air Force flew over the national capital with bambi bucket to contain the fire that broke out yesterday in South Delhi's Malviya Nagar area.

EXETER, R.I. (WJAR) — From the ground to the sky, firefighters and helicopters tackled two large brush fires in Rhode Island last week. It was the first time the National Guard dropped water on the ...

EL CAJON, Calif. – Every hour or so at San Diego County's oldest airport, soldiers and firefighters take to the sky and head north on an elaborate mission to fight the Witch Fire. Some, armed with 660 ...

Amid a hellscape of glowing coals, a fiery column recently took flight in Northern California, spinning against a red sky. The name for it? Firenado. “I had never heard of a fire tornado until today ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (July 3, 2012) -- Whew, it's hot. The temperature around the Fort Campbell, Ky., area held steady the past few weeks at more than 100 degrees, and little to no precipitation has ...