Wildfire Firefighting Crews Staged In High-Risk LA County Areas Ahead Of Heatwave

Southern California Faces Record Heat and Braces for Wildfires

A days-long heat wave rolling across parts of the US West is expected to ramp up wildfire risk, prompting California to pre-deploy crews as record-dry vegetation potentially acts as kindling for blazes.

State pre-deploys fire resources to LA County ahead of heat wave

The Governor's Office of Emergency Management has pre-deployed an array of firefighting resources to L.A. to contend with heightened wildfire danger.

Wildfire Firefighting Crews Staged In High-Risk LA County Areas Ahead Of Heatwave

State officials are preparing for elevated wildfire conditions this week by staging crews and equipment in high-risk areas.

California pre-deploying firefighting resources in L.A. ahead of extreme weather

California is readying to deploy state firefighting resources in Los Angeles County ahead of high heat and potential fire weather that's expected to impact the area this week. Gov. Gavin Newsom has directed the California Office of Emergency Services to pre-deploy crews throughout Los Angeles County, after the National Weather Service warned of a "dangerous heatwave" Wednesday through Saturday. "Extreme summer weather is returning to California …

Resources pre-deployed in L.A. for coming heat wave

As a summer heat wave descends on Southern California and much of the rest of the Golden State, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Office of Emergency Management Tuesday announced the pre-deployment of resources to Los Angeles County.

California sends additional state firefighting resources to LA County amid looming heat wave, red flag warnings

Some of California’s state firefighting resources have been deployed in Los Angeles County amid red flag warnings issued ahead of a heat wave that’s expected to descend on Southern California in the coming days. The state Office of Emergency Services sent 10 fire engines, two water tenders, two bulldozers, a helicopter, two hand crews, three dispatchers and an incident management team to the county in hopes of slashing response times and lesseni…