The Aerial Firefighting Unit held a two-day drill a year after the deadly Camel forest fire. The Unit was tested in its ability to contain small fires when working with the Israel Fire and Rescue Services, Israel Nature and Parks
Yesterday, as many as a thousand soldiers from the IDF’s Nachal Infantry Brigade helped clear and rebuild various walking paths, paint signs and more in areas damaged by the Carmel fires. On the 2nd of December 2010 a blazing fire
On the 2nd of December 2010 a blazing fire began spreading wildly through the Carmel Forest near Haifa in northern Israel, eradicating over 750 acres and resulting in the death of 44 people including firemen, police officers and Israel Prison
Brigadier General Eden, commander of the Nevatim Israel Air Force base comments on the arrival of the American Evergreen 747 Supertanker plane. Eden and two IAF pilots joined the Evergreen crew in order to assist them in directing their efforts
Over the weekend Israel Defense Forces continued assisting the rescue and security forces with firefighting efforts in the Carmel disaster area. Two hundred IDF Home Front Command reservist firefighters teamed up with the rescue and security forces in the attempts
Since Thursday, December 2, the Israel Air Force AF has been coordinating the arrival and incorporation of foreign firefighting aerial assistance. Dozens of firefighting airplanes and helicopters, as well as supply planes carrying equipment and professional teams and experts from
As of yesterday noon, the IDF is operating to assist forces in the Carmel on their mission to extinguish the deadly fire in the area and evacuate the area’s residents, under the command of the Israel Police. Early this morning,