Southern California is gearing up for its current heat wave, with Gov. Gavin Newsom pre-deploying additional firefighting resources to Inyo County on Thursday.
The pre-deployment of resources to the county, which is part of the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range, is part of California’s Phase 2 plan.
The plan started Wednesday in response to the National Weather Service’s Red Flag warnings for several counties in Southern California, according to a press release from Newsom’s office.
Red Flag warnings mean fire weather conditions are happening or expected to happen within the next 24 hours.
The National Weather Service is forecasting 100-degree weather in several Southern California counties, with dry and windy conditions to hit several areas as well.
California’s Phase 2 plan aims to ramp up state and local coordination of resources to prepare for the extreme fire weather lasting through Sunday.
The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services approved the pre-deployment of resources, already pre-deploying resources to six other counties earlier this week. Those counties are Los Angeles, San Diego, Kern, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Bernardino.
A total of 52 fire engines, 10 water tenders, nine bulldozers, five helicopters, 10 hand crews, 14 dispatchers and two Incident Management Teams have been pre-deployed across the seven counties, which now include Inyo.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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