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The Cal Fire Santa Clara Unit, which oversees a large swath of the Bay Area, plans to declare an end to the fire season Monday morning. This means that the agency will lower staffing levels in Alameda, Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties, as well as...
Tags: fire season, cal fire, Morgan Hill, San Francisco Bay Area, Aerial firefighting, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Wildland fire suppression, Disaster Accident
Sunday September 6th 2009 was just like most Sundays. I went to morning church service and treated my little one to a doughnut afterward. I had been home from the Station Fire for...
Tags: Station Fire, La Canada, Pasadena, Death, L A County, Arson, Forest Service, Cal Fire, Quinones, Ted Hall, Crest, Fire, Firefighter, fireman, engine, wildland, crew boss, allnews, La Canada Flintridge, Heaven, water barred
Calmer winds may help some 1,200 firefighters make progress today as they battle a 600-acre wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains, authorities said. Images More News The Loma Fire has forced 85 residents to evacuate east of Highway 17 and west of Gilroy.
Tags: Cal Fire, Santa Cruz Mountains, Loma Fire
On September 11th 2009 me and my crew were on our second tour on the historic "Station Fire". The first tour we did 15 days, came home for 2, and then went out for another 16. This clip was taken on the 4th day of the second tour. Our assignment was to...
Tags: Station Fire, Firefighter, Arson, Tujunga, La Canada, Death, Rehab, Forest Service, Cal Fire, Wildland, Forest, LA County, California, Burn
This is a small clip I took on August 29th 2009 on the Station fire. It was taken off the Angeles Crest Highway about a quarter mile away from all the homes. The homes were saved fortunately but the forest is a barren land now.
Tags: Station Fire, Arson, Death, Forest, Crest, Angeles, California, Cal fire, Firefighter, Fireman, Forest Service, La Canada, Pasadena, LA County
It was Saturday the 29th of August and the "Station Fire" had been burning for 3 days without any containment. The fire was thousands of acres and growing as it was burning in three...
Tags: Station Fire, La Canada, Arson, Fire, Firefighter, LA County, Death, Foreman, Quinones, Hall, Camp 16, Gleason.California, Forest Service, Cal Fire, Engine
I woke up to my tent being shaken on August 27th 2009 feeling as though I hadn't slept at all. I was on my 7th day of being away from my family and home so not only was my body feeling it, but my heart was heavy as well. I struggled to lace...
Tags: Station Fire, Crest, Crest Highway, Fire, Wildfire, Forest Service, Cal Fire, Arson, Firefighter, Death, Fireman, Inmate, LA County, La Canada, Pasadena, Angeles, Forest
The state Department of Natural Resources says firefighters fought more blazes on state-protected land this year, but fewer acres burned. The agency protects 12.7 million acres of private, state, tribal and other open land. Firefighters responded to 992...
Tags: Cal Fire
Flying up the Angeles Crest HWY I listened intently to the radio traffic being broadcasted. The "Station Fire" had gone from 5 acres to 20 in just 30 minutes. The time was now 1600 hours and we'd been on the road for 30 minutes with still...
Tags: Station Fire, Angeles National Forest, Arson, Fire, Wildland, Firefighter, Death, Forest Service, LA County, Cal Fire, Crest, La Canada, Pasadena, Fireman, Engine, Sation
Cooling temperatures and higher humidity early Monday gave firefighters some welcome relief as they waged an ongoing assault against a wildfire that had burned to the edges of a popular resort town in the San Gabriel Mountains . The temperature at Wrightwood,...
Tags: sheep fire, Wrightwood, Southern California, San Gabriel Mountains, resort town, forest services, Cal Fire