San Diego Fire Fighters Podcast
Jun 12, 2026 · 23 min · 9 segments
When a fast-moving brush fire erupted in Sorrento Valley on June 8th, San Diego firefighters had minutes to protect more than 2,000 homes threatened by flames tearing through steep, dangerous terrain…
Oh, I think that's a great catalyst because recently there have been a lot of discussions and I'd even go so far as to say some debates about as to what public safety actually truly means.
50-foot flame lengths racing towards neighborhoods, evacuation orders, grab your family, loved ones, and anything that you can get in your hands and go.
Our members are the ones getting into those neighborhoods and putting a stop on a fire that could have burned up multiple structures, harmed countless people.
And it's our members that are out there putting it on the line and succeeding like we saw in Sereno Valley.
But but just I mean, this was a month ago when we discussed this, the importance of having that second helicopter during the summer weather events is crucial.
But at this point in time in the calendar, we would have had that second helicopter.
And I don't want to get too much into the weeds in terms of the wonkiness of firefighter speak.
But taking the heat out of the fire, giving our crews the opportunity to then get boots on the ground and do the work they need to do.
Oh, I think that's a great catalyst because recently there have been a lot of discussions and I'd even go so far as to say some debates about as to what public safety actually truly means.
50-foot flame lengths racing towards neighborhoods, evacuation orders, grab your family, loved ones, and anything that you can get in your hands and go.
Our members are the ones getting into those neighborhoods and putting a stop on a fire that could have burned up multiple structures, harmed countless people.
And it's our members that are out there putting it on the line and succeeding like we saw in Sereno Valley.
But but just I mean, this was a month ago when we discussed this, the importance of having that second helicopter during the summer weather events is crucial.
But at this point in time in the calendar, we would have had that second helicopter.
And I don't want to get too much into the weeds in terms of the wonkiness of firefighter speak.
But taking the heat out of the fire, giving our crews the opportunity to then get boots on the ground and do the work they need to do.
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