CAL FIRE San Luis Obispo welcomed a Type 1 Helitanker to its fleet Wednesday, to help fight wildfires.
A Sikorsky S-6N is sitting at the Paso Robles Air Attack Base after being delivered from White City, Oregon. It has a 900 gallon tank. Officials said it will remain at the Paso Robles base throughout the weekend because of expected high temperatures throughout the weekend.
CAL FIRE/Paso Robles Air Attack Base welcomed a Type 1 Helitanker to the fleet of firefighting aircraft this afternoon. The Sikorsky S-61N has a 900 gallon tank, came in from White City Oregon and due to expected high temps., should remain on base at Paso throughout the weekend. pic.twitter.com/LRud9bxy4n
— CAL FIRE SLO (@CALFIRE_SLO) July 5, 2018