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Pleasanton fire chief: wind-driven March fires burned hundreds of acres, destroyed structures; mutual aid used
Summary
Fire Chief Chambers told the council that storm-driven fires in early March burned roughly 244 acres at the Atascosa–Bexar County line and that Pleasanton Fire Department responded to more than a dozen incidents during high wind days; multiple agencies and mutual-aid teams supported operations.
Pleasanton Fire Chief Chambers told the City Council on March 13 that a series of wind-driven fires in early March produced very active fire behavior, required mutual aid and burned several hundred acres across county lines. Chief Chambers described March 4 as an especially severe day with low relative humidity, sustained high winds and rapidly changing conditions.
Why it matters: the incidents tested Pleasanton’s staffing, equipment and mutual-aid arrangements and resulted in structural losses and significant acreage burned, according to the chief. The account gives residents detail on local emergency-response demands and the agencies involved.
What the chief reported Chief Chambers said that on Tuesday, March 4, the department handled 13 incidents that day — seven medical responses and six fire responses — and that the department increased staffing for critical fire weather (bringing in additional firefighters and the emergency-management coordinator). He said the…
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