players and referees and coaches didn t even recognize it was happening. just the spectators and media recognized it. they continued playing through halftime, they recognized there was a small issue with the court and both teams agreed that it wasn t a safety issue. but at the end of the third quarter, the nba deemed that it would be best for everyone to kaufl the game and just cancel it after the third quarter. and what was the reaction of the people and i know you said that it was a lot more subdue in your gym. i understand that. but did you leave the arena at any point during this process? i didn t. and just to again paint the picture here, what you re looking at, the reason why i believe fans in the bigger venue were had much more of a reaction because the big scoreboard that is suspended above mid court was advisably shaking. and my television crew that we were working with kept on taking
newsome did talk to the white house and requested a presidential emergency declaration to assume osupport operations and provide what we call direct federal assistance in support of all of the mutual aid assets that we are currently providing to mostly kern county and some of san bernardino county. governor newsome activated the state operations center at its highest level and provided really right now a signature amount of fire and rescue, mutual aid from the los angeles riverside, san bernardino and fresno county areas to include urban search and rescue teams, fire strike teams, firefighters, hazardous materials response units, emergency medical services, ambulance strike teams and personnel.
been on the boil warning. so anything that they do have, they are advised to boil and go through those procedures. the american red cross has been out there in the community since this afternoon, facilitating need. as far as food, water, and all those requests, they re going through the red cross. but when it comes to efforts, when the water supply system is not functioning, we have to bring our own water which is our water tenders and other resources specialized to carry that so we can do our job in case there is a potential fire or explosion related to gas leaks or anything like that. i spoke to kern county officials. they had no fatalities. i just want to triple check with you. no fatales on your side either, right? that s correct. captain, thank you so much for taking the time. we appreciate. we understand that you have a lot on your hand right now. the good news is no fatalities. it sounds like you ve got things under control. but thank you very much for your time. thank y
fresno county area. fire strike teams, firefighters, hazardous material response unit. emergency medical services. ambulance strike teams. and personnel, roughly over 100 mutual aid personnel have been dispatched in support of the various fires and the support of the both towns. it s important to know ridge crest are both remotely locate td. on the eastern side of the sierra. and the roads have been impacted. and getting resources into the area continues to be a challenge. it is a benefit that just two
rescue them. do you have any teams that are working on situations like that right now? is that the case? so at this point we don t have any active rescues that are working within the community. our county eoc has upgraded to a level 2 activation. we re starting to get resources and different agencies together, liaison officers with the national guard for any potential mission requests that we have within that community out there. we also are going to be looking at any needs or potential requests within our neighboring agency or kern county and ridgecrest. but at this point, our personnel are heading out to the region. they just started arriving. and we will be working on those estimates and start releasing information as it becomes available and it is confirmed. you mentioned water supplies. are there areas, do you have pockets of population that currently really are in trouble on that front, do not have access to water? i know some of the power lines, i know some of the water line