When SB County firefighters need help, they call in 'the big gun'

Mr Cruz, You need to do some fact finding. SB County Firefighters are not Cal-Fire. In fact, Cal-Fire only serves 2 contract cities within San Bernardino County... Highland and Yucaipa.

There are not any local governments' that can afford to utilize "the big gun." This resource is only ordered by Cal-Fire or the USFS. Their ability to superfund from your and my tax dollars and then not share the resource (making it available to local resources for free) is criminal.

If you want to do some real investigative reporting, I would suggest you ask some local fire chiefs how it is they cannot utilize the air assets that we all pay for as taxpaying citizens. Cal-Fire controls the resources and bills each of the local agencies as at contract costs (expensive) for their use.

The only reason the assets are made available (for free) is if there is a "threat" to the lands that the State or USFS is charged with protecting. Needless to say, they are not exactly giving with the resource.

Do some digging and ask the questions. I implore you to challenge the system and get it fixxed.

three years for 5 million dollars?......that's the best deal in town!