In the wake of wildfires that ravaged Southern California communities, Metropolitan Water District unveiled today a new helicopter dip tank on the Palos Verdes Peninsula that will provide firefighters ...

CABAZON, Calif. — Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as they battled a wildfire in Los Angeles County, scrambling to get water from a street hydrant in time to stay ...

William H. "Bill" Mensing, the owner of an aircraft sheet-metal business whose improved water-drop tanks made for Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopters in the early 1970s became widely used, ...

Developed after Palisades and Eaton Fires, new facility will provide firefighters a critical water source for aerial suppression of wildfires PALOS VERDES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the wake of ...