Wildfire 14 Freeway Ave F

Lancaster CA: Los Angeles County Fire Department responded a grass B assignment to the North Bound 14 Freeway at Ave F at approximately 3 pm this afternoon. Upon arrival firefighters found several acres of grass and mixed brush burning on the east side of the 14 freeway. Los Angeles County used engine, dozer and hand crews to contain the fire in approximately 1 hour. The fire was held to about 8 acres.

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Car Crashes Into Block wall, Palmdale CA

A male driver was taken into custody by Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputies after he crashed a passenger vehicle into a large block wall on Ave S at 63 Street east. Los Angeles County Fire Department was alerted to a vehicle that had struck a wall narrowly missing a home at 11:55 am. A full dispatch was sent including paramedics and an urban search and rescue team put on alert. The driver sustained only minor scrapes as his air bags deployed. LA County Sheriff Deputies took the driver into custody at approximately 12:00 pm.

Ferris Wheel Rescue LAFD

On Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 7:42 PM, 2 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 2 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 1 Heavy Rescue Unit, 1 Urban Search and Rescue Unit, 1 EMS Battalion Captain and 1 Battalion Chief Officer Command Team, a total of 23 Los Angeles Fire Department personnel under the direction of Battalion Chief Chris Kawai, responded to rescue riders stranded on a Ferris wheel at 1521 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood.

Summoned by carnival operators who had established temporary presence on the athletic field at Hollywood High School, Los Angeles Firefighters arrived to find ten persons stranded in the open air seats of a twin Ferris wheel that had suddenly become inoperative.

Immediately assuring the temporary amusement ride was stable and the riders informed and uninjured, firefighters conferred with technicians who had recently assembled and were operating the 85 foot high transportable device.

Delicately using a Fire Department aerial ladder in a crane-like fashion, firefighters extracted riders one-at-a-time, gently lowering them with an accompanying LAFD rescuer to a more secure intermediate level before repositioning the 100-foot capable ladder to repeat the operation.

The calm and orderly effort took more than two hours, and occurred without physical injury. The three adults and seven children declined medical treatment or transportation.

Temporary amusement rides in California are operated under the auspices of the State's Department of Industrial Relations.

Fire Weather Watch for Napa County

COUNTIES BELOW 1000 FT - EXCLUDES THE DELTA-LAKE COUNTY PORTION OF LAKE-NAPA-SONOMA UNIT-536 AM PDT FRI JUN 11 2010...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO8 PM PDT SATURDAY...
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO8 PM PDT SATURDAY.* WIND: NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.* HUMIDITY: HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 10 PERCENT OR LOWER. AREAS OF POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AS BREEZY WINDS CONTINUE.* TEMPERATURES: THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR ARE EXPECTED
SATURDAY AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID 90S.* IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND TOMORROW.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

Fire Weather Warning in Effect

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGHSUNDAY MORNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST BAY HILLS....HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WITH LOW PRESSURE ALONG
THE COAST WILL RESULT IN A DEVELOPING OFFSHORE FLOW BY TONIGHTWHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. THE OFFSHORE FLOW WILLPRODUCE GUSTY WINDS WITH WARMING AND DRYING CONDITIONS.CAZ511-120100-/O.CON.KMTR.FW.A.0001.100612T0900Z-100613T1400Z/
EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE-534 AM PDT FRI JUN 11 2010...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGHSUNDAY MORNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST BAYHILLS...
* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 511 EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE...INCLUDING THE SANTA CLARA UNIT.* TIMING: GUSTY OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.* WIND: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 40 MPH.* HUMIDITY: DAYTIME HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND NIGHTTIME HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 PERCENT.* IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY
OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY IN ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 1000 TO 2000 FEET WHERE FUELS ARE DRIEST.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS

Wildfire, LACOFD 78 Antelope Acres

Fire season is here for the high south eastern deserts in Southern California. Los Angeles County Firefighters responded to a wind driven wildfire on Highway 138 at 110th street west in the Antelope acres, an unincorporated area west of Lancaster CA. Strong northerly 35-50 mph wind gusts pushed the fire across Highway 138 at approximately 12:00 am. Firefighters from LA County Stations 78,33 and Kern County Engine and Patrol 15 valiantly held the line and kept the fire from becoming a major wind driven incident by aggressive mobile attack. Five engines, two water tenders, 1 dozer team, 2 patrols and a battalion chief controlled the fire in 3 hours. Strong northerly winds have been drying fuels out rapidly on the desert floor which received ample winter rain fall, in turn making a dense crop of grass which allows fire to spread easily. The fire was reported to dispatcher at approximately 11:45 pm, however full control of the fire did not occur to 03:15 am. Approximately 5 acres of brush and grass were scorched, no structures were threatened. Cause is under investigation by fire officials.

Vehicle Fire 14 Freeway at Ave S, Palmdale

Los Angeles County Firefighters were summoned to a vehicle fire on the North Bound 14 Freeway just north of Ave S in rush hour traffic. Upon arrival firefighters from Station 37 and 24 in Palmdale found a passenger vehicle well involved with fire burning on the right shoulder of the freeway. No injuries were reported.