In the face of what’s predicted to be an intense Santa Ana windstorm, additional firefighting resources will be deployed throughout San Diego County for the remainder of the week, it was announced Monday.
Cal Fire released a statement Monday indicating engine and hand crews are transferring from stations in Northern California to San Diego County, as well as Orange, Riverside and neighboring counties.
The specific count was 45 additional engines for deployment in Southern California, along with six more hand crews.
Cal Fire stated San Diego County “will staff additional firefighting resources above normal levels, including fire engines, hand crews, bulldozers, water tenders and supervisory personnel 24/7.”
“As we experienced in Ventura County in November with the Mountain Fire, and again in December with the Franklin Fire in Malibu, wildfire is a year-round threat,” Cal Fire Director Joe Tyler said. “Please be vigilant and don’t be the cause of the next wildfire in your community.”
Tyler offered the following precautionary measures for the duration of the wildfire threat:
don’t park vehicles in dry grass, where hot leaks can ignite the vegetation when towing a trailer, “ensure chains are not dragging” on the roadway surface, causing sparks make certain the household has an evacuation plan in the event of a blaze have “go bags” ready and be prepared to move pets to safe shelters remove “flammable items” from the immediate space around a residence, providing a minimum five-foot buffer report all suspicious activity to prevent acts of arsonA Red Flag Warning is in effect from 4 a.m. Wednesday to 6 p.m. Thursday, and a High Wind Warning is active from 4 p.m. Tuesday to 6 p.m. Wednesday.
The National Weather Service said Monday that wind gusts could top out at 70 mph in wind-prone locations, with relative humidity dropping down to the single digits by Wednesday.
The region is tinder box dry, experiencing the driest start to the rainy season in 174 years, the NWS said.
City News Service contributed to this article.
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