One of the wildfire-fighting vehicles that will be replaced is 50-years-old.
Cal Fire Expands Aerial Fleet Ahead of Peak Wildfire Season
The agency has secured 24 additional firefighting aircraft, which includes 19 helicopters and five airplanes.
The agency has secured 24 additional firefighting aircraft, which includes 19 helicopters and five airplanes.
Terra, Utah, received a grant of almost $100,000 to buy a new fire truck and other firefighting equipment.
The victims have been identified as Undersheriff Larry Koren, Lt. Fred Beers, and Dep. Michael Levison of the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office, as well as Rescue Specialist Matthew King of the Bernalillo County Fire Department.
The delivery of the C-130 aircraft is expected to be made by the end of summer 2023.
A group of firefighters made a stand in an effort to protect a structure in Sevier County when they were overtaken by the flames and had to abandon their vehicles to take refuge.
Hillsborough County's Fire Rescue team has four new brush fire trucks built on a Ford F-550 chassis.
For the Virginia Department of Forestry, the equipment used to combat forest fires throughout the Commonwealth's nearly 16 million acres of forests consists of medium-duty trucks – primarily Kenworth T370s – and John Deere bulldozers.
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