Three months ago, the Sacramento Police and Fire departments launched a pilot drone program in Del Paso Heights. The trial “drone first responder” program lasted eight days, aiming to reduce response ...

A former fire chief was arrested ... the Caughdenoy Fire Department. The department requested that Leonelli provide them with his FAA Part 107 UAS Certificate, or a drone license, as he'd been ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department did not have information about drones potentially interfering with firefighting efforts. The Los Angeles County Fire Department did not immediately respond to ...

A drone that authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on Jan. 9 put a fist-sized hole in the wing of a Super Scooper ...

Fire departments that have already embraced small drones to help fight wildfires could soon be getting bigger help. Several startups are developing a new generation of autonomous aerial vehicles ...

according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Erik Scott. The aircraft, known as "Quebec 1," was struck by a civilian drone that was not assigned to fire operations, Scott said.

A drone collided with a firefighting aircraft ... An FAA spokesperson told The Times that they spoke with Los Angeles County Fire Department officials, and “due to the number of manned ...

A Culver City man was arrested in a drone collision with a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft over the Palisades Fire in Los ...

The Scooper plane, Quebec 1, was hit by the civilian drone while over Los Angeles around 1 p.m. Thursday, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Erik Scott wrote on X. The plane landed safely ...

A firefighting aircraft was grounded after it was struck by a civilian-flown drone while over the Palisades Fire on Thursday. The collision, which involved a Canadair CL-415, happened at around 1 ...