County also looking at buying more water tenders and wants to delve into wildfire preparedness across agencies ...

The County of San Diego will be acquiring a twin-engine firefighting helicopter. On Jan. 28, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0, with one vacant seat, to authorize the director of the ...

However, during Tuesday's meeting, the board was told that the twin-engine helicopter it purchased in 2023 has yet to be used for night flying. A San Diego County Sheriff's Office representative ...

A San Diego Sheriff’s helicopter takes off on Friars Road near where a fire had broken out on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 in San Diego, CA. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune) All ...

Border 2 Fire initially started 1:58 p.m. Jan. 23 in San Diego County. After being active for six days, it has burned 6,625 acres. A fire crew of 1,510 effectively contained 90% of the fire by ...

The Board of Supervisors received an update from County safety officials on the County’s commitment to emergency preparedness ...

Border 2 Fire initially started 1:58 p.m. Jan. 23 in San Diego County. After being active for five days, it has burned 6,625 acres. A fire crew of 2,212 effectively contained 74% of the fire by ...

In an update Tuesday night, San Diego County Sheriff's Office that all evacuations ... working on containment lines while a night-flying helicopter was dropping water on hot spots, according ...

Shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office announced in ... a pair of water-dropping Black Hawk firefighting helicopters battled the flames. Air tankers, which are ...