Photo of a fire burning in Elko Nevada suring the July wildfire season, 2007.
Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
A C-130E Hercules from the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing drops water over the treetops in South Carolina during annual Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System training and certification, Apri More
A Texas Forest Service fire truck returns from patrolling for fire hot spots on Camp Bullis, Texas, Sept. 9, 2011. These unsafe areas could potentially start another fire from leftover debris. Fire crews from a More
Mark Giuliano, Fire Chief for 96th Civil Engineer Suadron, speaks during a press conference regarding wild fires at the mobile operations center housed at North West Florida State College in Fort Walton Beach, More
It's been a hard day's night for the Soldiers of 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 SBCT, 7th Infantry Division, who return for the evening to Glide Base Camp, Oregon, Sept. 9. The Soldiers have been putting More
U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, have been working from sun up to sun down to combat wild fires in the Umpqua National Forest, Oregon, Sept. 11. More
Boy scouts and local children from the Glide, Oregon, area visit the Glide Base Camp, Sept. 9. U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Divi More
Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team spend their nights at Broken Arrow Campground, Oregon, in the Umpqua North Complex, Sept. 21. Sleep comes easy under the Ore More
A Colorado flag flies in the wind as smoke, ash along with a cloud combine together for a spectacular showing over the West Fork Complex Fire as seen from Pagosa Springs CO., June 27, 2013. (U.S. Air National G More
Colorado Army National Guard Sgt. Cassandra Quinone, listens as Sgt. Nathan Faith, both with the 117th Space Battalion, points out areas on an inferred satellite image of the West Fork Complex fire from their l More
Two Humvees with soldiers and airmen travel down U.S. Highway 160 just past South Fork, Colo., in support of the West Fork Complex fire, June 27, 2013. The West Fork Complex fire is in the Rio Grande National F More
Colorado Army National Guard Sgt. Kevin Horne, 137th Field Artillery, shows Andrew Sierra a local kid who is interested in learning more about the National Guard, a 2.5-ton Light Medium Tactical Vehicle at the More
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter, Marine Medium Helicopter Training Squadron (HMMT) 164, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) collects water in a bambi bucket during aerial f More
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Derik R. Holley with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 465, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) connects a bambi bucket to a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E S More
Glenn Zurek, deputy fire chief with Fire and Emergency Services aboard Camp Lejeune and a native of Hammond, Indiana, speaks during “Wildland Fire 2014” a tabletop exercise scenario where base and local officia More
California Army National Guard Soldiers from 340th Brigade Support Battalion, based in Seaside, and the 224th Sustainment Brigade, based in Long Beach, participate in a training event with California Department More
A California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the 1t Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, touches down at a landing zone at the Lodge Fire near Laytonville, Calif., Aug. 9, 2014. California G More
Firefighters from the 60th Civil Engineer Squadron at Travis AFB, Calif., scrambled to extinguish a grass fire near the base's flight line, Aug. 10, 2015. Though no aircraft, buildings or people were in immedia More
A member of Task Force Alpha, California Army National Guard, cuts roots from a redwood tree to help extinguish a small fire Aug. 9 near the mountains of Wildcat Butte, Humboldt County, California, during the H More
A member of Task Force Alpha, California Army National Guard, cuts roots from a redwood tree to help extinguish a small fire Aug. 9 near the mountains of Wildcat Butte, Humboldt County, California. Task Force A More
Capt. Josiah Faber, company commander of Task Force Charlie, California Army National Guard, in the Jerusalem Fire in Lake County, Calif., watches a Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) aircraf More
Spc. Destiny Terry, an Apple Valley, Calif., resident, with the California Army National Guard’s Task Force Charlie, checks her Pulaski prior to a mop up mission at the Jerusalem Fire in Northern California. Th More
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Craig Hannon, pilot commander, checks his CH-47 Chinook prior to an Aug. 18 mission at the Redding Airport in Redding, Calif. Hannon, of 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment in Stockto More
659th Engineer Company Soldiers arrive on the scene with the Engineer Mission Module-Water Distributor (EMM-WD) and await orders to enter the site. (U.S Army photo by 1st Lt. Kaileb Monk)
First Lt. Keith J. Frederickson, center, executive officer of the 870th Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Brigade (Homeland Response Force), California Army National Guard, coordinates with Sgt. Joh More
Royce Tibbetts, of Kelseyville, Calif., works regularly in areas previously burned by the Valley Fire in Northern California. He spent part of his late September helping the California Army National Guard's 870 More
Signs throughout California communities and small cities abound thanking California Army National Guardsmen and other fire-fighting organizations continuously battling Northern California wildfires. (U.S. Army More
Two U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawks depart Soto Cano Air Base in support of firefighting efforts on the North coast of Honduras, Mar. 31, 2016, after Juan Orlando Hernandez, President of Honduras, sent a request fo More
U.S. Soldier with the 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion and 40th Brigade Support Battalion, California Army National Guard are part of the 300 troop Task Force 578 at Camp Roberts, Calif., July 31, 2016. Califor More
The Nebraska Forest Service, from Chadron, Nebraska, trained aproximatley 20 Nebraska Air and Army National Guard fire fighters, during a four-day course, to learn and become qualified to use the basic skills o More
Cal State Fire Department fire trucks drive toward the fire while working with the Camp Pendleton Fire Department to put out a wild fire on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept 28, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl More
170408-Z-WM549-016 R. Scott Watson, a retired California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) battalion chief, briefs California National Guardsmen April 8 during the 2017 Wildland Firefighting More
A U.S. Air National Guard C130J aircraft equipped with the MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) departs the 146th Airlift Wing Port Hueneme California to assist with the containment of the Garza Wildfi More
A California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk departs the Coalinga Municipal Airport July 13 to battle the Garza Fire in Kings County, California. Five CalGuard Black Hawks responded to the Garza Fire, one More
Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong, crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk from the 1106th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (TASMG), California Army National Guard, watches a 2,600-gallon Bambi Bucket drop water o More
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. John F. Nichols, transfers the 36th Infantry Division Colors to incoming Division Commander, Maj. Gen. S. Lee Henry, and bid farewell to outgoing commander Maj More
Soldiers with the 36th Infantry Division march across the Congress St. bridge as part of their celebration of the 100th anniversary since the division was formed, in Austin, Texas, July 16, 2017. The march was More
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team starts the day off right, alongside civilian firefights, with a hearty breakfast at Glide Base Camp, Oregon, Sept. More
U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, complete initial tactical training with civilian firefighters working with the U.S. Forest Service in the Umpqua More
Bureau of Land Management wild land firefighters take a moment of silence to remember the men, and women who lost their lives on 9/11, on Glide Base Camp, Oregon, Sept. 11. The firefighters, many of whom are th More
A starry night is visible over Diamond Lake in the Umpqua National Forest, Ore., Sept. 22. U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Joint Base Lewis More
Members of the California Army National Guard’s 270th and 870th Military Police Companies confer with Petaluma Police Officer Dario Giomi Oct. 13 during the recent Northern California fires in Sonoma County, Ca More
Napa County residents express their thankfulness to California Army National Guardsmen for their involvement in the Northern California wildfires following a special Catholic mass Oct. 15 at Saint John the Bapt More
Private businesses join volunteers and other organizations in providing meals to California Army National Guardsmen who are activated for the 2017 Northern California wildfires. More than a dozen fires are scor More
California Army National Guardsmen from the 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, salute as a vehicle carrying a deceased volunteer firefighter rolls into the Napa County Sheriff’s Depa More
Spc. Gloria Macias, in black, of Headquarters Supply Company, 340th Brigade Sustainment Battalion, California Army National Guard, is a Spanish-speaking Soldier helping a fire victim apply for federal disaster More
Senior Airman Martin Baglien, 349th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, surveys the remains of his family’s home after the California wildfire in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Oct. 31, 2017. The recent wildfires cons More
First Sgt. Antonio M. Delgadillo, first sergeant for the 149th CBRN Company, California Army National Guard, maps out the operations plan for checkpoints and road closures Nov. 1 at Santa Rosa, California, as C More
Businessman William “Willie” Ghilotti displays an Army uniform presented in thankfulness to the incredible support he gave to the California Army National Guard and the 49th Military Police Brigade units in Oct More
Airman 1st Class Danelle Perey of the 146th Security Forces Squadron, 146th Airlift Wing (Channel Islands), California Air National Guard, controls a traffic point in Santa Rosa, California, as a resident enter More
U.S. Army engineers Sgt. Ellie Ogsbury, Spc. Bryce F. Jones and Spc. Aaron W. Parker of the California Army National Guard’s 132nd Multirole Bridge Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigad More
U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Matthew LeMaire and Staff Sgt. Marlon Ramos of the California Air National Guard’s 195th Air Base Wing provide intelligence information July 28 to the California Department of Forestry More
California Army National Guardsmen from Bravo Company, 126th Aviation Battalion, work with Warren Giacomni of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to secure a 2,000-gallon water More
Military police from the California Army National Guard supported law enforcement late July in Redding, California, after the Carr Fire erupted and destroyed 700 structures and torched nearly 110,000 acres in j More
U.S. Army Sgts. Nicole Coyle and Rudy Aguilar of the 649th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, use a staging map to coordinate troop movemen More
On Aug. 8, 2018, the Holy Fire rages over Southern California neighborhoods as residents are ordered to evacuate. The Holy Fire was a wildfire that burned in the Cleveland National Forest in Orange and Riversid More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong of the California Army National Guard’s Alpha Company, 1106th Theatre Aviation Support Maintenance Group (TASMG) and crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk, checks his 600-gallon wat More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong of the California Army National Guard’s Alpha Company, 1106th Theatre Aviation Support Maintenance Group (TASMG) and crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk, reaches underneath his he More
A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopter from the 129th Rescue Wing hoists its filled water bucket from the Pardee Reservoir during annual joint aerial fire fighting training near Ione California, Apr More
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk medium utility helicopter from the 1-140th Aviation Regiment dips its water bucket bucket in the Pardee Reservoir during annual joint aerial fire fighting training near Ione Califor More
A Beechcraft King Air 200 aircraft, contracted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, releases white smoke, signaling a trailing California Air National Guard C-130 aircraft where to drop water a More
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter stands ready for the next mission on a flight line, Aug. 22, 2020 in Middletown, California. The 2 helicopters are from 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, b More
U.S. Army Sgt. Jaime Martinez Jr., a crew chief with California National Guard's 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, watches as he releases water from the Bambi Torrentula water bucket, A More
U.S. Army Spcs. Henry Villareal and Ryan Dunken of the California National Guard’s 132nd Multi-Role Bridge Company, remove obstacles from the Cache Creek River in Yolo County, California, Aug. 23, 2020, prior t More
Bravo team from the California Army National Guard’s Task Force Rattlesnake out of Redding, California, create a defensive fire line Sept. 1, 2020, at Bonny Doon, Santa Cruz County, California, during the CZU L More
U.S. Army Soldiers from the California Army National Guard’s Redding-based Task Force Rattlesnake move to a position Sept. 1, 2020, near Scott’s Valley, California, during the CZU Lightning Complex Fire in Sant More
Andrew Marquez, a former California Army National Guard helicopter mechanic, sits inside a UH-60 Black Hawk at the Cal Guard Aviation Facility in Fresno, California. Marquez and his 9-member team were among ne More
Chris McCraw relaxes at the 1106th Theater Aviation Support Maintenance Group (TASMG) maintenance hangar where he works as a helicopter inspector. McCraw was a key part of a California Army National Guard rescu More
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Irvin Hernandez of the California Army National Guard, a pilot on a UH-60 Black Hawk, adjusts his night vision goggles (NVG) prior to a Sept. 8, 2020, rescue mission in the Sie More
Residents of Fresno County, California, disembark a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook after being rescued from the Creek Fire Sept. 8, 2020, at the Cal Guard Fresno Aviation Base. Close to 400 people More
A mother and two children of Fresno County, California, disembark a California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk after being rescued from the Creek Fire Sept. 8, 2020, at the Cal Guard Fresno Aviation Base. More
Nearly 400 residents of Fresno County, California, disembark a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook after being rescued from the Creek Fire Sept. 8, 2020, at the Cal Guard Fresno Aviation Base. Four Cal More
A team of nine hikers exits a California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk after being rescued from the Creek Fire Sept. 8, 2020, at Muir Trail Ranch in the Sierra National Forest, Fresno County, California. More
Residents and animals of Fresno County, California, disembark a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook after being rescued from the Creek Fire Sept. 8, 2020, at the Cal Guard Fresno Aviation Base. Close t More
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 1 Ge Xiong of the California Army National Guard, crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk, adjusts his night vision goggles (NVG) prior to a Sept. 8, 2020, rescue mission in the Sie More
The team of a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook just outside of their helicopter at the Cal Guard Aviation Facility in Fresno, California. A few days earlier the foursome helped rescue hundreds of tr More
Veteran aviators of the California Army National Guard’s 40th Combat Aviation Brigade — Chief Warrant Officers 5 Kipp Goding and Joseph Rosamond — respond to questions during a Sept. 7, 2020 media round table a More
California Army National Guard aviators sit patiently in a room at the Cal Guard Aviation Facility in Fresno, California, awaiting a barrage of questions during a media round table organized by the National Gua More
The team of a California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk just outside of their helicopter at the Cal Guard Aviation Facility in Fresno, California. A few days earlier the threesome helped rescue hundreds o More
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Joseph Rosamond reflects on a Sept. 5, 2020, rescue mission in the Sierra National Forest, Fresno County, California. He was pilot-in-command of his CH-47 Chinook when he flew More
The Mammoth Pool Campground in the Sierra National Forest, Fresno County, California, is surrounded by fire and blistering smoke as a California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk approaches a designated zone More
California Army National Guard aviators from the 40th Combat Aviation Brigade get assistance from Eric Maguire of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) as they lift a 500-pound fi More
U.S. Army Sgt. Zachary Hoy, flight crew member of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion (Assault), 147th Aviation Regiment, 64th Troop Command, is seen through the bottom of his UH-60M Black Hawk he More
A firefighter with the Camp Pendleton Fire Department hoses down a fire in the 25 Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 30, 2020. The fire burned approximately five acres and didn’t cause a More
Firemen from the Hoopa Indian Reservation Fire Department, Calif., patrol an area to extinguish any forest fire flare-ups on Camp Bullis, Texas, Sept. 9, 2011. Fire crews from all over Texas and the U.S. assist More
Mark Giuliano, Fire Chief for 96th Civil Engineer Suadron, speaks to observers during a press conference regarding wild fires at the mobile operations center at North West Florida State College in Fort Walton B More
A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team starts the day off right with a hearty breakfast at Glide Base Camp, Oregon, Sept. 8th. The Soldiers, having rece More
Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team keep warm during a September snow storm at Broken Arrow Campground, Oregon, in the Umpqua North Complex, Sept. 21. Sleep com More
Colorado Army National Guard Sgt. Nathan Faith, 117th Space Battalion, points out areas on an inferred satellite image of the West Fork Complex fire to Matt Gibson, U.S. Forest Service - Lolo Interagency Hotsho More
Colorado Army National Guard Sgt. Cassandra Quinones listens as Sgt. Nathan Faith, both with the 117th Space Battalion, points out areas on an inferred satellite image of the West Fork Complex fire from their l More
Colorado Army National Guard Sgt. Kevin Horne, 137th Field Artillery, gives Andrew Sierra a local kid who is interested in learning more about the National Guard, a tour of the base camp that's has been establi More
Photos from the helibase at Columbia, Calif., to the action around Yosemite National Park: UH-60 Black Hawks from the California Army National Guard's 1-140th Aviation Battalion (Air Assault), based out of Los More
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 (HMH-462), Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) collects water in a bambi bucket during aerial fire More
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal David M. Calfee with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 465, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) prepares a bambi bucket for a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super More
Rick Scott, an exercise planner with Marine Corps Regional Exercise Team-East and native of Wilmington, N.C., speaks during “Wildland Fire 2014” a tabletop exercise scenario where base and local officials worke More