LAFD: Firefighters Swiftly Tackle Tujunga Brush Fire

Monday, May 28, 2007

LAFD: Firefighters Swiftly Tackle Tujunga Brush Fire

LAFD News & Information: Firefighters Swiftly Tackle Tujunga Brush Fire:

Firefighters Swiftly Tackle Tujunga Brush Fire

"On Sunday, May 27, 2007 at 3:30 PM, 14 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 2 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 1 LAFD Brush Patrol, 1 Arson Unit, 2 Helicopters, 1 EMS Battalion Captain, 3 Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams and 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, a total of 88 Los Angeles Fire Department personnel, responded to a Greater Alarm Brush Fire near 10021 Amanita Avenue in Tujunga.

Because the site was in a Mutual Threat Zone, the aforementioned LAFD responders were joined in Automatic Aid by the Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena Fire Departments, as well as Angeles National Forest Firefighters and the Los Angeles County Fire Department, with all personnel operating under Unified Command.

Los Angeles Firefighters arrived first in a period of High Fire Danger to find as much as one acre of medium-to-heavy brush ablaze, being fanned by light winds and threatening several homes.

The first arriving Firefighters quickly anchored the flames of the terrain-driven blaze and were joined by their ground-based colleagues in flanking the fire. Fire Department helicopters soon thereafter commenced a synchronous barrage of water and foam drops to stem the head of the fire before any structures were damaged.

This swift and well-practiced multi-agency effort of more than 100 Firefighters on the ground and in the air limited the fire to two acres.

The blaze was extinguished in less than 48 minutes, and an overhaul of the rolling terrain was subsequently accomplished by four Los Angeles County Fire Department handcrews promptly and proactively dispatched to the scene.

There were no injuries or formal evacuations.

The cause of this fire remains under active investigation."

Submitted by Brian Humphrey, Spokesman
Los Angeles Fire Department

Labels: Battalion 12, brush, Council District 7, Division 3, fire, Fire Station 74

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Monday, May 28, 2007