loveland reservoir played a central role in fighting the viejas fire, january 2001

The fire came very close to structures at Loveland Reservoir.

The Loveland Reservoir parking lot was used as a staging area for firefighters.

An estimated two hundred eighty “helitanker” loads, or 560,000 gallons, of water taken from Loveland Reservoir were critical to the successful suppression of the Viejas Fire.