Douglas County Commissioners invest $1.53 million to ensure firefighting helicopter is always available to respond
Your home and property are likely the biggest investment you’ll ever make, and that’s why your county invests significant resources in the firefighting tools needed to protect your life, home and family from our community’s No. 1 natural hazard – wildfires.
This week, at their regularly scheduled Business Meeting on Jan. 28, Commissioners voted to invest $1,530,000 to ensure air support is always ready to respond in Douglas County.
An amended 2025 contract with Trans Aero, LTD, secures access to a Type 2 helicopter capable of delivering 3oo gallons of water to the front lines of a wildfire. The contract ensures the helicopter will be in Douglas County for a minimum of 168 days through Dec. 31, 2025, and available at the discretion of Douglas County’s Office of Emergency Management at any other time if elevated fire danger warrants activation.
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