New Mexico fire departments help fight blazes in California

  • Source: ABQJournal Online
  • Published: 12/07/2017 11:29 PM

Fire departments from around the state are dispatching some of their wildland firefighting personnel to help fight blazes burning north of Los Angeles. Six wildland fire trucks and 18 firefighters from five different departments departed Thursday morning from Albuquerque headed for the Chino Hills-area emergency command center in California, Albuquerque Fire Department Lt. Brian Fox said as crews gathered at the AFD training center. Fox said California activated the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, the agreement between states to share emergency resources, Wednesday morning asking for New Mexico and other states to send wildland fire resources.



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