Fire is now burning in the San Fernando Valley. Mandatory evacuations for West Hills, west of valley circle, north to Roscoe and south to Vanowen.
Major impacts to Pepperdine University campus. Students being evacuated.
Here is a link to today’s Ops Map.
BC12 requesting several strike teams of engines to Corral Canyon and PCH more many high dollar home on fire and exposure threats.
Situation 19 the Division or Branch is not requesting resources
There is growing concern over fire activity that is encroaching on structures in the vicinity of Mulholland and Decker Canyon, tight access that only patrols or T6 engines will be able to make it in
Local media just announced mandatory evacuations for the ENTIRE CITY of Calabasas
MANDATORY EVACUATION OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF CALABASAS
Calabasas has a population of roughly 24,000
Mapping flights are up over the fire: N40Y and N852JP (ARCAT068) are flying grids over both the Hill and Woolsey.
Two new starts in the area. Newbury area and the other off the 118 and Rocky Peak.
Any details on either of these fires? Potential, etc? Thank you.
Links to the results of those IR flights? Anything available?
Look in the IR and GIS sections of the FTP site.
Todays Ops map
LAC Copter 4 helmet cam footage of civilian rescue on top of Castro Peak with encroaching fire. An 11 minute glimpse into the world many of us don’t see.
https://www.lafd.org/news/lafd-pilots-make-daring-mountain-rescue
That’s pretty “BADASS”!..Thanks for sharing…