ALISO VIEJO, Calif. – Firefighters in Orange County now have a second state-of-the-art apparatus to help them fight wildfires from the sky.
The Tivoli HeloPod, a permanent station where helicopters can quickly and easily refill their water supply before heading back out to battle a fire, was officially unveiled on Monday in Aliso Viejo.
According to the California Office of Planning and Research, the HeloPod is considered “important for public safety” because it provides fire crews with a quick turnaround location to fill the choppers…