After a deployment to a wildfire in San Bernardino County earlier this week, the Imperial Valley Strike Team was demobilized Thursday morning, June 16, 2022 and began the trip home. Shortly before 7:00 pm the Yuma Fire Department personnel safely completed their deployment and arrived back to Yuma.
On Sunday, June 12th, the Yuma Fire Department received a mutual aid request from California authorities regarding a Strike Team deployment to the “Sheep Fire” burning in an area northeast of Los Angeles. After assembling in Westmoreland, CA the Strike Team proceeded to the fire’s staging area. For the next few days the team worked 12-hour shifts doing structure protection in neighborhoods and mopping up hot spots.
The returned YFD personnel will be resuming their regular duty assignments. Those from our department who returned back yesterday evening were Fire Captain Gary Welch, Fire Engineer Travis Larue, Firefighter Bryan Michaels, and Firefighter Carlos Munoz. We are glad to have them back and congratulate them and the rest of the Imperial Valley Strike Team on a job well done!
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