On Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at about 7:00 pm, the Yuma Fire Department received a mutual aid request from California authorities regarding a Strike Team deployment to the “Fairview Fire” burning near Hemet, CA in Riverside County. By 7:45 pm an Engine and 4 YFD personnel left Yuma to meet in Imperial County, CA with other members of the Imperial Valley Strike Team. As soon as the Team was assembled they began their travel together to the Fairview Fire staging area, arriving around 1:00 am this morning. They have been assigned to work on hotspots for their next 24 hour shift.
At last report, the Fairview Fire has burned almost 10,000 acres and is 5% contained. Here is a link for more information on this fire:
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8402/
A Strike Team consists of several firefighting apparatus with personnel and a team leader drawn from various departments. A team will normally stay together through their deployment. Due to the equipment and training of our personnel, they are usually assigned to structure protection duties in neighborhoods. Although deployed personnel are prepared to be gone for up to 2 weeks, we hope that they will not be needed for that long.
Additional information will be provided as it becomes available. The last time YFD personnel were deployed with a strike team or task force was in August of 2021 to the “Sheep Fire” in San Bernardino County, CA.
Original source can be found here.
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