Supervisors renew agreement with SDG&E for firefighting helicopter

In 2009, San Diego Gas & Electric brought a helicopter to San Diego County which was capable of fighting fires as well as for SDG&E construction use, and SDG&E made the helicopter available to the County of San Diego for regional fire protection purposes. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved an agreement with SDG&E in 2009, and in 2010 the agreement was extended through the end of 2015.

SDG&E recently leased a Sikorsky S-64 Helitanker from Erickson, Inc., and on July 19 the Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to authorize the director of the county's Department of Purchasing and Contr...