The proposal stemmed from a court ruling requiring the Forest Service to get permission from EPA to drop fire suppressants ...

As wildfires intensify, state and federal fire agencies are relying more on aerial fire retardant, sparking concerns over its ...

The hot-pink mix of water and chemicals, which is sprayed from planes to combat wildfires, is under renewed scrutiny.

As such, MAFFS comes with its own trailer and does not require structural modifications to the aircraft it's designed for.

PACIFIC PALISADES - With the Palisades and Eaton Fires now under containment, one tool used to fight the flames will remain in the headlines: fire retardant. Questions about its use and environmental ...

Aerial firefighting companies supplement federal and state firefighting fleets, and their services are in high demand.

A fleet of firefighting aircraft sits at the Santa Maria Public Airport where the state's extreme fire weather has led to an ...

Due to several recent wildfire activity across Southern California the past two weeks, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base has ...

Besides Cal Fire, multiple agencies have dropped fire retardant and water, including the U.S. Forest Service, the Los Angeles and Ventura county fire departments, the city and the National Guard. How ...

According to a communications officer for Perimeter Solutions, who make PHOS-CHEK — the fire retardant used in the 2025 LA wildfires — it has been tested by the USDA Forest Service to ...