A San Diego Sheriff Bell 205 A1 fire and rescue helicopter drops water in an effort to extinguish the Creek Fire aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 24, 2020. Camp Pendleton Fire Department and Cal Fire San Diego are in a unified command to battle the 3,000 acre fire. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts) - A San Diego Sheriff Bell 205 A1 fire and rescue helicopter drops water in an effort to extinguish the Creek Fire aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 24, 2020. Camp Pendleton Fire Department and Cal Fire San Diego are in a unified command to battle the 3,000 acre fire. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)

Staff Sgt. Brian Dinning monitors the firebucket as it fills with water during the 6th annual aerial Wild Land Fire Fighting exercise here May 9. Dinning is a crew chief with Marine Medium Helicopter Training Squadron-164 with the air station here. - Staff Sgt. Brian Dinning monitors the firebucket as it fills with water during the 6th annual aerial Wild Land Fire Fighting exercise here May 9. Dinning is a crew chief with Marine Medium Helicopter Training Squadron-164 with the air station here.