Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unveiled in Orange County this week, the helitanker is a 3,000-gallon capacity CH-47 Chinook that will assist fire crews in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LOS ALAMITOS, CA — The largest heavy-lift fire helicopter in the world has come to help support firefighting across southern ...

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to negotiate terms of an agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric over funding and usage of a giant “helitanker.” The county purchasing and ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A helicopter capable of dropping more than 10 tons of water at a time will be available over the next several months to help fight area wildfires, according to San Diego Gas & ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A San Diego Gas & Electric-owned helitanker with the capacity to drop up to 2,500 gallons of water will be available for use in firefighting efforts in San Diego County under renewed ...

The contract on a “helitanker” that can drop up to 2,650 gallons of water or fire suppressant on potential wildfires in the San Diego area has been extended through 2022, officials at San Diego Gas & ...

Fire authorities showcased on Wednesday, Sept. 30, a water-dropping helicopter with a 3,000-gallon capacity that will be available to combat the ever-growing blazes erupting in the region. “This ...

A record-setting wildfire season requires a record-setting response. This week, Orange County fire officials unveiled the “Very Large Helitanker,” — a 3,000-gallon capacity CH-47 Chinook — that is now ...