{"id":27649,"date":"2025-01-10T11:11:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T18:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=27649"},"modified":"2025-01-13T09:34:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:34:27","slug":"san-mateo-county-firefighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/san-mateo-county-firefighters\/","title":{"rendered":"San Mateo County firefighters join the fight against Los Angeles wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"
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San Mateo County firefighters have deployed more than 150 personnel along with about two dozen engines and a drone to help battle the massive fires ravaging Los Angeles County. Photo courtesy of Cal Fire San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit Dan Bonfante<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Fire departments across San Mateo County have deployed more than 150 personnel along with about two dozen engines and a drone to help battle the massive fires ravaging Los Angeles County.<\/span><\/p>\n

From Daly City to Woodside to Half Moon Bay to East Palo Alto, local teams are joining a force of more than 7,500 emergency personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an unprecedented emergency and our neighbors in Southern California need all the help we can give them as these wildfires rage out of control,\u201d said David Canepa, chairman of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am so grateful to the firefighters who rush into danger when called, whether in our own backyard or hundreds or even thousands of miles away,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

The county said wildland engine strike teams, hand crew strike teams and numerous other specialized teams have been deployed totaling 88 personnel from Cal Fire's San Mateo\/Santa Cruz Unit (CZU), which staffs San Mateo County Fire Department stations along the coast.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe conditions have been extreme,\u201d said Cecile Juliette, a spokeswoman for Cal Fire CZU, citing firefighters on the front lines. \u201cThe wind is very strong, but we are happy to be able to help these communities and support the state\u2019s mission. We are helping these communities that have supported us in the past.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Additional strike teams have also been sent south, totaling 80 firefighters, along with 18 trucks, eight fire chiefs and numerous specialized crews from 10 local departments. The equipment includes a drone to assist with aerial operations.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe sent a truck to the first strike team. The order came in at 8 p.m. on the 7th and they left at 10 p.m. on the 7th. They got to Los Angeles in time for the morning briefing\u201d and then worked a 24-hour shift on the Palisades fire, said Pat Murphy, battalion chief for the Central County Fire Authority, which serves Burlingame, Hillsborough and Millbrae.<\/span><\/p>\n

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From Daly City to Woodside to Half Moon Bay to East Palo Alto, local teams are joining a force of more than 7,500 emergency personnel. <\/span>Photo in X of Cal Fire CZU, serving San Mateo County Fire Department stations on the coast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis morning, as part of a task force, we sent an additional engine. They are on their way to Los Angeles right now,\u201d Murphy said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fire departments that responded to the emergency were: South San Francisco Fire Department; San Bruno Fire Department; North County Fire Authority; Central County Fire Department; San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department; Woodside Fire District; San Mateo County Fire Department; Menlo Park Fire Protection District; Coastside Fire Protection District; Redwood City Fire Department.<\/span><\/p>\n

It should be noted that San Bruno firefighters were deployed with a strike team that includes crews from Menlo Park, San Mateo, Redwood City and Woodside to battle the Palisades Fire.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are honored to serve alongside these brave firefighters as we come together to defend our neighbors to the south during this difficult time,\u201d the San Bruno Fire Department said in a Facebook post. \u201cOur hearts and thoughts are with the communities affected by these devastating fires.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Menlo Park Fire Department sent one truck with four firefighters to Los Angeles on Tuesday, a second truck with four firefighters on Wednesday and a third truck with three firefighters this morning, Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a post on X, Cal Fire CZU said crews \u201cjust arrived at the incident command post after a shift of over 24 hours. Thankfully, everyone is healthy. They say it was incredibly tough firefighting with relentless winds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

San Mateo Consolidated Fire released a <\/span>video in X<\/span><\/a> showing a team deployed in Southern California leaving the department's station on De Anza Boulevard and taking the 92 Freeway.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEven though we now have 13 members and 4 crews to assist with the fires in Southern California, your fire stations (San Mateo Consolidated) remain fully staffed and ready to protect all of #Belmont, #FosterCity, and #SanMateo. #AyudaMutua,\u201d the department wrote in a post on X.<\/span><\/p>\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong> State of emergency in Los Angeles due to fires<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Escucha esta nota:   Los departamentos de bomberos de todo el condado de San Mateo han desplegado m\u00e1s de 150 personas junto con alrededor de dos docenas de motores y un dron para ayudar a combatir los incendios masivos que asolan el condado de Los \u00c1ngeles. Desde Daly City hasta Woodside y Half Moon Bay, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":27652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-habitat"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27649"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27708,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27649\/revisions\/27708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}