In 90 seconds, a helitanker can fill its tank with up to 3,000 gallons of water or retardant without needing to land. 

SCE’s wildfire mitigation efforts have helped reduce the risk of losses from wildfires by 85 to more than 90% compared to pre-2018 levels, but fire season remains active.

The Quick Reaction Force was started by SCE to provide Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties year-round access to helitankers to combat the dynamic wildfire season. 

Southern California Edison crews are monitoring the ongoing high temperatures and are ready if there are heat-related outages.

Place generators outdoors and plug individual appliances directly into it, using a heavy-duty extension cord. Connecting generators directly to household circuits creates “backfeed,” which is dangerous to repair crews.