WORKING FIELD FIRE BRINGS BRUSH TASK FORCE TO THE WEST SIDE
By Technician John Arnold
February 22, 2009
JUST AFTER LUNCH ECC DISPATCHED A POSSIBLE BRUSH FIRE CLOSE TO A RESIDANCE. WHILE ENROUTE THE FIRE WAS SPREADING RAPIDLY AND INDANGERING A ROW OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SO A BRUSH TASK FORCE WAS ALERTED THAT BROUGHT B-35. JUST AFTER THAT ECC SOUNDED THE STRUCTURE ASSIGNMENT BECAUSE CALLERS WERE ADVISING THAT FIRE CLOSING IN ON A HOME. CHIEF 3-1 AND E-12 ARRIVED TO FIND A LARGE FIELD ON FIRE. NO HOMES WERE EFFECTED AT THIS TIME. UNITS WERE RE DIRECTED FROM THE HOMES ADDRESS TO GROVE HILL ROAD WERE ACCESS TO THE FIRE COULD BE MADE. THE BRUSH TASK FORCE ARRIVED AND HAD THE FIRE EXTINGUSHED IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. CHIEF 3-1 HAD THE COMMAND.
