Local fire departments ramp up staffing for Fourth of July celebrations
and last updated 2021-07-03 22:00:53-04
Local fire departments are expecting a busy holiday weekend after many spent more than a year indoors.
At the CAL FIRE Pismo Beach Department, firefighters have been planning for the highly anticipated fireworks show since November.
âWe want to make sure weâre going to have a show thatâs going to draw peopleâs attention so that we donât have to have a show at our homes or in the middle of the street. Weâre surrounded by brush in this community and any fire would be absolutely devastating,â Cal Fire Battalion Chief, Paul Lee, said.
KCBX s Sydney Brandt reports.
From May through late October, it’s typically all hands on deck for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). However, wildfires can take place regardless of the calendar.
According to the National Integrated Drought Information System, 97.5% of the State of California is in a drought, which Cal Fire San Luis Obispo Spokesperson Adan Orozco said could mean a potential for a heightened season.
“Every year is kind of up in the air, but there are factors that contribute into the potential for having a destructive fire season and all those things are lining up for us right now,” Orozco said.
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Shell Beach residents say they dodged a bullet from mudslides caused by recent storm
and last updated 2021-02-02 00:36:26-05
Buckets are getting filled up with mud and hauled off Shell Beach properties after the recent rainstorm.
Crews scooped up and filled three dump trucks worth of mud, rocks, and other debris that slid down the hill behind the properties in the Spyglass neighborhood. We are exactly backed up to the hillside. As of darkness Thursday, there was no sign of anything coming down, said resident Chris Finch.
He says he saw firefighters canvassing his neighborhood around midnight Friday. Hours later, daylight revealed the mudslide.
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