The victims were identified Monday as Riverside County Assistant Chief Josh Bischof, 46, and Capt. Tim Rodriguez, 44, and pilot Tony Sousa, 55.
The two Cal Fire firefighters who perished inalong with the pilot over Cabazon on Sunday, Aug. 7, were remembered Monday as mentors and friends.
“Josh and I went to Air Attack school together,” Lanzas said. “We grew up with our families camping and vacationing together. An incredible human. Bischof had recently been promoted to assistant chief and worked at the Southern Region Operations Center at March Air Reserve Base, said retired Cal Fire Battalion Chief Don Camp in an interview.
“He was unswerving,” Camp said. “Not only did he seek out opportunities to make himself better … but also to make all of us better as a team, whether it was a firefighter working for him at the base or a fellow chief officer.”
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