Drones are increasingly being used to help fight wildfires, primarily through surveillance operations to locate hotspots ...

A Bay Area startup that manufactures drones to tackle wildfires has just signed its first customer, the Aspen Fire Protection District. The company, Seneca, recently announced that its fleet of five ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Fire Department now has some new eyes in the sky to help fight fires, deal with ...

A 1,733-acre wildfire was being fought in the Picayune Strand State Forest in Collier County Monday afternoon. The fire was ...

The city of Warren's newest first responder to the scene of a reported fire or missing child may not be visible. But it could be providing valuable information to its colleagues on the ground below.

The drones will launch from the rooftops of five fire stations, police headquarters. The drones each cost about $50,000 with a dock. Police say the drones will not be used for routine surveillance; ...