SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- The Montezuma Fire is still fresh in the minds of Kensington residents as they gathered to learn more about the intricacies of a nearly flawless firefighting effort from San Diego and Cal Fire crews taking the lead with a lot of help from all of the county with new technology also playing a big role. “When the fire was going on Montezuma, I could look at my iPad and it was the dots on everybody, and everybody has a moniker on them, so I could see we had San Marcos; I could see we had Carlsbad, Rancho Santa Fe, Cal Fire. We had all these different agencies, everyone was involved,” said Assistant Chief Dan Eddy from San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. The Montezuma Fire burned 40 acres, threatening dozens of homes, and in the end, only one home was lost. “We got to express our thanks to the firefighters involved because it could have been a lot worse,” said Fernando Gracia, a resident from Kensington. The fire is still under investigation as to what started the Halloween blaze that evacuated hundreds and scared the community out of their wits, but now residents say they are worried about homeless encampments dotted through their canyon neighborhood just off of the San Diego State campus. “I’ve seen the people barbecue in the canyons right next to trees. I’m surprised we don’t have more,” Garcia said. Residents peppered questions to firefighters, politicians and law enforcement officials, trying to get a better understanding on how to protect their homes for the next fire. One big help in the last fire was clean communication and a new free app called Genesys which leans on algorithms to assist evacuation routes for homeowners leaving the dangerous areas.