'We need to get the funds, we need to get the helicopter, we need to keep people safe right now,' said San Diego County Supervisor Board Chair Nathan Fletcher.
On Tuesday morning at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, he rode in a helicopter similar to the one the county would buy if the funds are made available.
Fletcher says San Diego County Sheriff's pilots explained to him just how valuable adding a twin-engine chopper to their fleet could be. "With two engines, if one goes down the other one is still going so you can fly at night and we have a lot of times where we need these helicopters up at night fighting fires," said Fletcher.Buying a twin-engine helicopter was proposed by former County Supervisor Diane Jacob over a decade ago, but the idea was never approved."We need to get the funds, we need to get the helicopter, we need to keep people safe right now," he told ABC 10News.
If approved at next week's board meeting, Fletcher says it could take up to a year before it's up and running.
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