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https://assets.verticalmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sikorsky-01-02.jpg14002100The Los Angeles County Fire Department Air Operations Section responds to everything from wildfires to offshore and mountain rescues, and is in the process of updating its fleet to do it all even better.