SACRAMENTO – Cal Fire is in its first few years of using a new device that enables the agency to train helicopter pilots and crews to battle flames from the sky at night. It marks a significant ...

“Working with Cal Fire on a mission like this is incredible, they integrate with us just as if they were military the entire time,” said Staff Sgt. Carlos Araujo, a Blackhawk helicopter ...

As the rest of us crane our necks skyward, or click on YouTube videos to watch what one Cal Fire official ... said Joel Smith, a helicopter pilot for the Los Angeles Fire Department.