Technology is transforming firefighting, making operations faster and safer. Drones now play a critical role in fire response ...

In Aug. 2024, a team of NASA researchers and partners gathered in Missoula, to test new drone-based technology for localized ...

As drone usage increases, managing low-flying airspace in urban areas is becoming more complex. A recent incident above the ...

York County’s joint sheriff’s office-fire department team operates a trailer full of drones with a variety of uses: "We have reasons for drones exclusively for fire reasons and exclusively for ...

Los Angeles officials are confronting the growing threat of rogue drones interfering with wildfire response efforts, ...

NASA is testing drone technology for 24/7 wildfire response, enhancing aerial firefighting with airspace management and autonomous operations.

LOS ANGELES — A man who was piloting a drone that collided with a firefighting aircraft on the Palisades fire has agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, pay a fine and complete community ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) - A Culver City man pleaded guilty today to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire ...

The repair bill was at least $65,169. Because of the firefighting efforts, the FAA had prohibited drone-flying near the wildfires. "This defendant recklessly flew an aircraft into airspace where ...