LABOR REPS: CHRIS WILLIAMS
AND TONY SICILIANO
Background Photos: Tod Sudmeier EPN
DIVISION 1
JON MCLINN DIVISION CHIEF
BY PETER MCKERNAN
The new year brings fresh and larger challenges for the department and personnel who work for San Bernardino
County Fire. El Niño is now in full effect for the Southern California area, which will bring many more challenges on
emergency calls, and may greatly change the dynamics of the incidents we run. Still, County Fire and its firefighters
have the knowledge and training to tackle any obstacle.
INCIDENTS
JUNIPER FIRE
PUBLIC EVENTS
In the early morning of October 17, San Bernardino County Fire responded to reports
of a structure fire on the 8000 block of Juniper Ave. in Fontana. The first-arriving
engine crew reported heavy smoke and fire from the windows of a second story
apartment unit. Once on scene the initial crew entered the structure to attack the
fire, while the first-in aerial ladder apparatus crew performed vertical ventilation on
the roof to assist the interior attack. After 30 minutes the fire was knocked down.
Approximately 30 firefighters were dispatched and on scene, including crews from
Rialto Fire Department. No civilians were hurt in this fire and the American Red Cross
was contacted to help the families that were displaced.
Photo: Terri Nielsen
EL NIÑO PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING
THRUSH FIRE
A fire severely damaged a home in Grand Terrace on the evening of December 14.
Responding to a reported residential structure fire, firefighters were also advised
of a possible imminent rescue need on the 22600 block of Thrush Street. The first
unit arrived on scene to find a single family residence with heavy black smoke and
fire coming from the front and rear of the structure. One of the tenants had reported
noticing smoke coming from under a closed door into their room; when firefighters
attacked the fire and knocked the blaze down, they noticed the fire had originated
in the family room.
County Fire proud to support 2015 Heroes and Helpers in
the City of Fontana.
It took three paramedic fire engines, one paramedic fire truck, one
paramedic squad, a battalion chief and an investigator—totaling 16 fire
personnel—to get the fire in check. Crews from Colton Fire Department
and Cal Fire pr