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Los Angeles County Fire runs helicopter drills in Rancho Palos Verdes to rehearse Catalina wildfire response
Summary
Los Angeles County Fire Department conducted helicopter drills at the Rancho Palos Verdes Civic Center to practice shuttling personnel to Catalina Island in a simulated brush-fire response, officials said. The exercise included resources from the Palos Verdes Peninsula and Cal Fire.
Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel conducted helicopter drills at the Rancho Palos Verdes Civic Center on a recorded RPVTV update to rehearse a Catalina Island wildfire response, officials said.
Battalion Chief Manny Samping said the exercise simulates a brush-fire response on Catalina and involves a helicopter that would shuttle personnel to the island to augment on-island resources. “Today we are doing an exercise simulating a Catalina fire response for a wildfire/brush…
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