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OCFA describes January fire deployments, urges residents to use new Dana Point wildfire evacuation zones
Summary
Orange County Fire Authority briefed the council on January wildfires in Los Angeles and local preparedness steps; the city reminded residents to use newly mapped wildfire evacuation zones and OCFA offered free home assessments and preparedness resources.
Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) Division Chief Shane Moll told the Dana Point City Council that OCFA sent multiple strike teams, hand crews and helicopters to January wildfires in Los Angeles and staged extra resources countywide to maintain local readiness during the wind-driven events.
Moll said OCFA deployed two type-1 strike teams (10 engines) plus multiple battalion chiefs, a 22-member hand crew, Black Hawk and CH-47-style helicopters and other mutual-aid resources to the Palisades and Eaton fires. Locally, OCFA pre-staged resources across Orange County so fire stations remained staffed and extra strike teams…
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