Desiree Horton was recently hired into a permanent position by CAL FIRE, becoming their first female helicopter pilot. She has been working for the last year or so in a temporary position as a pilot for the agency, and before that she flew for many years as a contract pilot on firefighting helicopters, and as a news helicopter pilot in the Los Angeles area.

The video above announces that she will be featured in a report Wednesday night October 15 on the CBS station in Los Angeles.

Congratulations to Desiree!

UPDATE October 16, 2014: We have the full video of the TV station’s report here, that was broadcast on October 15.