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GRASS VALLEY, Calif July 1, 2023 – CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit Chief Brian Estes explains the capabilities of CAL FIRE’s new helicopter, the S-70i Cal Fire Hawk. Faster, with greater capacity to carry water, these helicopters also allow CAL FIRE to conduct night flight operations. These new generation helicopters will replace CAL FIRE’s aging fleet of […]

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. June 30, 2023 – At Thursday’s event at the Grass Valley Air Attack base (GVAAB) both a Fire Integrated Real-time Intelligence System (FIRIS) mapping plane and a new Fire Hawk were on display. They are now part of the state’s toolkit to rapidly assess and contain wildfires. FIRIS The FIRIS program, which […]

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. June 30, 2023 – Governor Gavin Newsom and state fire officials were at the Grass Valley Air Attack Base (GVAAB) yesterday to highlight new technology being deployed ahead of peak fire season. In addition to having the largest aerial firefighting fleet in the world on standby and the most firefighters in state […]