As I was getting close to home yesterday after work, I couldn't help but notice some sort of fire relatively nearby was putting out disconcertingly large amounts of black smoke.
Just before I actually got home, it was really nice to see the city's two fire fighting/rescue helicopters taking off from Montgomery Field, a general aviation airport that is very near my condo. I hadn't realized these copters were based there, so it was encouraging to know they were going to have a very short flight to get to the fire.
The fire turned out to be near a golf course that has a large pond and also borders the San Diego River, so the copters had those very convenient sources for filling their tanks before making water drops on the fire. As the story the link goes to explains, those water drops plus several ground crews put the fire out after it burned 10 acres.
The city owns one of these copters outright, but the other one will be gone after the lease on it expires August 1, unfortunately. At any rate, it was great to see what they can do, and to know the city did not have to call in the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which is the only other source available in the county for water drops.
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