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Fire authority approves amended $1-per-year lease with Big Bear Airport for air ambulance base

5783895 · September 18, 2025
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Summary

The Big Bear Fire Authority approved an amended and restated lease with the Big Bear Airport District that continues a $1 annual rent for the Air Methods helicopter base and caps maintenance contributions at $30,000.

The Big Bear Fire Authority voted Aug. 12 to approve an amended and restated lease with the Big Bear Airport District to keep Air Methods’ helicopter base on airport property.

Chief Wagner told the board that the original lease dated to 2017 and that staff and the airport’s general manager negotiated only modest changes. The lease continues a nominal rent of $1 per year and includes a maintenance contribution the authority had paid historically of $800 per month (about $9,600…

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