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An aerial tanker combats the Airport Fire, a wildfire burning in the hills of Orange County, California, U.S., September 9, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake As of Thursday, more than 23,000 acres were ...
An Orange County firefighter died Sunday after suffering cardiac arrest at the scene of an early-morning blaze in Laguna Niguel. The firefighter, Kevin Skinner, spent more than 25 years with the ...
Read more:Orange County braces for potential flood of litigation from Airport fire victims The firefighters were injured Sept. 19 when their vehicle crashed and flipped over on State Route 241.
Three water-dropping helicopters buzzed over the flames. The firefight was joined by three other Orange County fire departments. The blaze began about 1 p.m., Coates said. The cause was unknown.
The County filed for bankruptcy in December 1994, which further encouraged Orange County Fire Department to reorganize as a JPA, known as the Orange County Fire Authority. [3] In 2012 the Orange County Fire Authority absorbed the Santa Ana Fire Department. In, January 2017, OCFA Station 61 in the city of Buena Park Caught fire. Station 61 is ...
Los Angeles County Fire Department issued urgent requests for firefighters from Ventura, Orange, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara counties to aid in firefighting efforts. [103] Chief Anthony Marrone said the county's 29 fire departments lacked enough personnel to combat the wildfires. [46]
The Airport fire in Orange County's Trabuco Canyon has grown to over 8,500 acres. Two firefighters and one civilian have been hurt. Extreme heat, strong winds fueling explosive growth of Airport ...
CA-TF5 is one of six Task Forces that is Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) certified having received extensive training in responding to incidents involving chemical, biological or radiological agents. [2] Participating agencies in the Task Force are the Orange County Fire Authority, Orange Fire Department, Anaheim Fire Department (California).