{"id":10276,"date":"2019-11-05T13:24:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=10276"},"modified":"2019-11-06T13:28:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T20:28:23","slug":"simon-t-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/05\/simon-t-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon T &#8211; Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakersfield.com\/ap\/national\/inside-a-wealthy-la-man-s-effort-to-help-pilots\/article_fb510d5e-2eb7-5e51-a560-e4a673470464.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"from The Bakersfield Californian (opens in a new tab)\">from The Bakersfield Californian<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inside a wealthy LA man\u2019s effort to help pilots fight wildfires from a remote mountain base<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>By Matt Stiles Los Angeles Times (TNS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch helicopters refill water to battle wildfires\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Cg5Gg5FwH4?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 Perched atop the Santa Monica Mountains, there\u2019s a prime chunk of real estate with stunning ocean views that\u2019s owned by a wealthy former radio executive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You won\u2019t find a palatial mansion or an infinity pool there, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, the former executive and county firefighters have transformed this picturesque property into a remote base for helicopters to refill their water tanks \u2014 a spot that\u2019s helping prevent small fires from turning catastrophic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Known as 69 Bravo, it\u2019s the result of an unusual partnership between the executive, whose legal name is Simon T, and the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The county\u2019s helicopters rely on the base as a quick and easy spot to refill water during blazes, such as the Palisades fire last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou look at what this gives us, for all the residents that we serve,\u201d said Jon O\u2019Brien, a deputy chief at the department. \u201cIt\u2019s unparalleled. I don\u2019t think you can place a value on having a site like this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakersfield.com\/ap\/national\/inside-a-wealthy-la-man-s-effort-to-help-pilots\/article_fb510d5e-2eb7-5e51-a560-e4a673470464.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"click to continue reading at The Bakersfield Californian (opens in a new tab)\">click to continue reading at The Bakersfield Californian<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The Bakersfield Californian Inside a wealthy LA man\u2019s effort to help pilots fight wildfires from a remote mountain base By Matt Stiles Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES \u2014 Perched atop the Santa Monica Mountains, there\u2019s a prime chunk of real estate with stunning ocean views that\u2019s owned by a wealthy former radio executive. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-los-angeles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}