That is not the case in the Maria fire. Take a look at the map to see how close the fire came to Santa Paula: https://vcoes.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html

That is not the case in the Maria fire. Take a look at the map to see how close the fire came to Santa Paula: https://vcoes.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=24d2d88d701b4eaa8e9fe6e5882c8258 https://vcoes.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=24d... In many of the fires we have here in the CA central coast, air support is absolutely critical. Especially when there are Santa Ana winds blowing down the mountains towards civilization. When a fire is reported during the high fire season, the standard response is: “four fire engines, two bulldozers, two hand crews, a water tender, two air tankers, an air-attack plane and a helicopter, plus a battalion chief to run the operation”. https://www.noozhawk.com/article/with_recent_rains_santa_barbara_county_exits_high_fire_season https://www.noozhawk.com/article/with_recent_rains_santa_bar... We take fires very seriously here.