{"id":964,"date":"2026-05-08T10:01:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:01:59","slug":"see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/","title":{"rendered":"See Cal Fire helicopters near Folsom Lake? Here\u2019s what to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Multiple helicopters and nearly 40 Cal Fire personnel are expected Thursday at Folsom Lake for aviation training exercises.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/inspection-of-uc-davis-facility-reveals-monkey-fights-one-sparked-an-amputation-3\/\">Inspection of UC Davis facility reveals monkey fights, one sparked an amputation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Two aviation courses are expected to take place, including water drops, passenger loading, cargo handling and refining communications, according to a release.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Cal Fire Aviation unit spokesperson Linnea Edmeier said a temporary helicopter base will be set up in Granite Bay, but the training exercises are slated to take place across Folsom Lake.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>\u00bb\u00a0Folsom news in your inbox: <\/strong>Get our free Folsom email newsletter here<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe try to minimize our impact on the community, and we try to minimize where we\u2019re going (to avoid) people,\u201d Edmeier said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/tuberculosis-cases-hit-a-12-year-high-in-california-what-to-know-3\/\">Tuberculosis cases hit a 12-year high in California. What to know<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, Edmeier said specific spots aren\u2019t selected ahead of time.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ll go out there and they\u2019ll take a couple of flights around to look and see if we have people fishing or people out at the lake,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019ll avoid those areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In a Thursday news conference in Sonoma County, Cal Fire Director and Fire Chief Joe Tyler urged residents to look out for one another, and to help each other prepare for wildfire season.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are a person who is a homeowner or a tenant, and you have a neighbor next to you who needs assistance (getting their home prepared for wildfire season), we ask that you help them,\u201d Tyler said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/csu-system-opens-pathway-for-3-new-reduced-credit-degrees-what-to-know-5\/\">CSU system opens pathway for 3 new, reduced-credit degrees. What to know<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple Cal Fire helicopters and about 40 personnel will train at Folsom Lake Thursday with water drops, passenger loading and cargo handling across the lake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-folsom-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>See Cal Fire helicopters near Folsom Lake? Here\u2019s what to know - San Diego Relocation News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"See Cal Fire helicopters near Folsom Lake? Here\u2019s what to know - San Diego Relocation News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Multiple Cal Fire helicopters and about 40 personnel will train at Folsom Lake Thursday with water drops, passenger loading and cargo handling across the lake.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"San Diego Relocation News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-08T10:01:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/08\\\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/08\\\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/39a645eab67a60386560a5271220d58c\"},\"headline\":\"See Cal Fire helicopters near Folsom Lake? Here\u2019s what to know\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-08T10:01:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/08\\\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":278,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/08\\\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/c65768c3c12af84019a9ea98ce4f97ac.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Folsom News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/08\\\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/08\\\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/08\\\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\\\/\",\"name\":\"See Cal Fire helicopters near Folsom Lake? Here\u2019s what to know - San Diego Relocation News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/08\\\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/08\\\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/c65768c3c12af84019a9ea98ce4f97ac.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-08T10:01:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/39a645eab67a60386560a5271220d58c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/08\\\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/08\\\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/08\\\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/c65768c3c12af84019a9ea98ce4f97ac.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/c65768c3c12af84019a9ea98ce4f97ac.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":674},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/08\\\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"See Cal Fire helicopters near Folsom Lake? Here\u2019s what to know\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"San Diego Relocation News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/39a645eab67a60386560a5271220d58c\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"See Cal Fire helicopters near Folsom Lake? Here\u2019s what to know - San Diego Relocation News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"See Cal Fire helicopters near Folsom Lake? Here\u2019s what to know - San Diego Relocation News","og_description":"Multiple Cal Fire helicopters and about 40 personnel will train at Folsom Lake Thursday with water drops, passenger loading and cargo handling across the lake.","og_url":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/","og_site_name":"San Diego Relocation News","article_published_time":"2026-05-08T10:01:59+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39a645eab67a60386560a5271220d58c"},"headline":"See Cal Fire helicopters near Folsom Lake? Here\u2019s what to know","datePublished":"2026-05-08T10:01:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/"},"wordCount":278,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c65768c3c12af84019a9ea98ce4f97ac.png","articleSection":["Folsom News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/","url":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/","name":"See Cal Fire helicopters near Folsom Lake? Here\u2019s what to know - San Diego Relocation News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c65768c3c12af84019a9ea98ce4f97ac.png","datePublished":"2026-05-08T10:01:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39a645eab67a60386560a5271220d58c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c65768c3c12af84019a9ea98ce4f97ac.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c65768c3c12af84019a9ea98ce4f97ac.png","width":1200,"height":674},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/see-cal-fire-helicopters-near-folsom-lake-heres-what-to-know-3\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"See Cal Fire helicopters near Folsom Lake? Here\u2019s what to know"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/","name":"San Diego Relocation News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39a645eab67a60386560a5271220d58c","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com"],"url":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}