They closed the Santa Paula air field for fixed wing aircraft and
a dozen helicopters showed up from all over the west coast.
They used SZP for refueling. It takes about 45 minutes to run
out of fuel. I don't know how many water drops are made  in that time
as the fire is over the ridge to the north in the Ojai area.

Here is a weird 60 year old helicopter.
It can lift 6000 pounds.

55,000 acres have been burned so far and 150 houses in Ventura
have been burned so far. It is still not contained and heading north.
47,000 People have been evacuated.

Paul Lamar