Lockheed Martin donates $10K to Bonny Doon Fire

In the wake last months Lockheed Fire, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company has donated $10,000 to the Bonny Doon Volunteer Fire and Rescue team.
“Lockheed Martin is grateful to these local volunteers and the firefighters who came from throughout California and other states to mount a heroic effort that saved lives, homes and industrial facilities,” said S. K. Gupta, Lockheed Martin’s vice president of operations, who presented the check today, September 8. “As a member of this community, we appreciate the emergency response services Bonny Doon Volunteer Fire and Rescue provides every day of the year.”
Along with Cal Fire, crews from Bonny Doon were among the first on the scene when the Lockheed Fire broke out on August 12. The volunteer team donated approximately 1,100 hours to fighting the blaze that took 11 days to fully contain.
The Lockheed Martin Facility in Bonny Doon was threatened by the fire which burned more than 7,800 acres including 1,800 acres of unimproved land on the Lockheed Martin campus.
Bonny Doon board members Glen Haimovitz and Rebecca Stoller attended today’s luncheon ont eh Lockheed Martin campus to accept the check for $10,000 from the aerospace company.
“It was just an open thank you acknowledging the fact that we helped them out,” Haimovitz said.