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Fire chief says Lake Elsinore treated 15 acres of fuel break; warns fire season is now year‑round
Summary
Riverside County Fire Department reported 1,769 incidents in the quarter, an average response time of 4.6 minutes, and treatment of about 15 acres in a narrow fuel break; Cal Fire crews, CDCR crews and contractors were identified as executing the work.
Riverside County fire officials presented the Lake Elsinore quarterly incident report for Jan. 1–March 31 and described ongoing fuel‑break work and regional mutual‑aid operations.
Fire Chief Dustin Reed said the city logged 1,769 incidents in the quarter with an average response time of about 4.6 minutes. Chief Reed reported four residential structure fires, about 61 traffic collisions (roughly 9% of call volume), nine vegetation fires and roughly 1,329 medical‑aid calls, which he said comprised about 75% of the department’s call volume for the period.
Mutual aid and inspections: Chief Reed…
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