Photo Gallery: Glendale Police helicopter assists Glendale Fire Department to gather hose after brush fire

A Glendale police helicopter gets into position to assist Glendale fire fighters fly a net filled with fire hose left by firefighters last week after the brush fire in the hills back to the helipad at by the water tank at Scholl Canyon in Glendale on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The Glendale Police Department used their helicopter to assist the Glendale Fire Department retrieve nearly 5,000 feet of hose used to fight the brush fires in Glenoaks Canyon last week.

A Glendale police helicopter gets into position to assist Glendale fire fighters fly a net filled with fire hose left by firefighters last week after the brush fire in the hills back to the helipad at by the water tank at Scholl Canyon in Glendale on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The Glendale Police Department used their helicopter to assist the Glendale Fire Department retrieve nearly 5,000 feet of hose used to fight the brush fires in Glenoaks Canyon last week.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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A Glendale police helicopter on Thursday hauled away several hundred feet of the water hoses used last week to fight a 75-acre blaze in Glenoaks Canyon. The hose lines were left behind on May 3 after more than 200 firefighters battled flames that swept through tinder-dry brush and prompted neighborhood evacuations.

Photo Gallery: Glendale Police helicopter assists Gendale Fire Department gather hose left in hills after brush fire

Glendale firefighters from stations 21 and 29 hike the steep terrain to fill nets with about 500 feet of fire hose left in the hills after last week’s brush fire to be flown by helicopter back to the helipad at by the water tank at Scholl Canyon in Glendale on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The Glendale Police Department used their helicopter to assist the Glendale Fire Department retrieve nearly 5,000 feet of hose used to fight the brush fires in Glenoaks Canyon last week.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale Police helicopter assists Gendale Fire Department gather hose left in hills after brush fire

Glendale Police pilot Sean McLaughlin looks at a spotter who directs him into position to safely lower about 500 feet of fire hose collected from the burn area of a brush fire to the helipad at by the water tank at Scholl Canyon in Glendale on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The Glendale Police Department used their helicopter to assist the Glendale Fire Department retrieve nearly 5,000 feet of hose used to fight the brush fires in Glenoaks Canyon last week.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale Police helicopter assists Gendale Fire Department gather hose left in hills after brush fire

Glendale firefighter Julian Young, of Station 26, carries a load of hose after being dropped by a Glendale police helicopter who brought it back from the burn area of the brush fire last week to the helipad at by the water tank at Scholl Canyon in Glendale on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The Glendale Police Department used their helicopter to assist the Glendale Fire Department retrieve nearly 5,000 feet of hose used to fight the brush fires in Glenoaks Canyon last week.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale Police helicopter assists Gendale Fire Department gather hose left in hills after brush fire

A Glendale police helicopter lifts a net of about 500 feet of fire hose, left by firefighters last week after the brush fire in the hills, back to the helipad at by the water tank at Scholl Canyon in Glendale on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The Glendale Police Department used their helicopter to assist the Glendale Fire Department retrieve nearly 5,000 feet of hose used to fight the brush fires in Glenoaks Canyon last week.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale Police helicopter assists Gendale Fire Department gather hose left in hills after brush fire

A group of Glendale fire fighters pick up lengths of fire hose from a net that was dropped off by a Glendale police helicopter from the burn areas of last week’s brush fire to the helipad at by the water tank at Scholl Canyon in Glendale on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The Glendale Police Department used their helicopter to assist the Glendale Fire Department retrieve nearly 5,000 feet of hose used to fight the brush fires in Glenoaks Canyon last week.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale Police helicopter assists Gendale Fire Department gather hose left in hills after brush fire

Net filled with about 500 feet of fire hose lowered to the ground by a Glendale police helicopter at the helipad at by the water tank at Scholl Canyon in Glendale on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The Glendale Police Department used their helicopter to assist the Glendale Fire Department retrieve nearly 5,000 feet of hose used to fight the brush fires in Glenoaks Canyon last week.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale Police helicopter assists Gendale Fire Department gather hose left in hills after brush fire

A bundle of 100 feet of fire hose is tossed into the back of a truck after being flown from the steep terrain of last week’s brush fire to the helipad at by the water tank at Scholl Canyon in Glendale on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The Glendale Police Department used their helicopter to assist the Glendale Fire Department retrieve nearly 5,000 feet of hose used to fight the brush fires in Glenoaks Canyon last week.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)