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Canyon Lake Fire Department reports high January activity, strike‑team deployments to Los Angeles fires and launches CERT sessions
Summary
Fire Chief Latendres reviewed January call activity, recounted the department’s deployment on multiple strike teams to Southern California wildfires, described two chimney fires during the wind event and outlined training, CERT and community programs.
Canyon Lake Fire Department Chief Latendres presented the department’s January monthly and 2024 annual reports at the City Council meeting, telling council the department ran 107 emergency responses in January and deployed personnel on multiple out‑of‑county strike teams to recent Southern California wildfires.
Chief Latendres said January’s 107 calls were above typical monthly volumes (the department averages roughly 98–100 calls). In January the department recorded six fires, 53 medical aids and multiple service and false‑alarm calls. Two chimney fires, a cooking fire and an electrical fire were among the incidents described; several of the structure incidents coincided with a wind‑driven power…
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