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The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department ( SDFD) is the full-service fire department of San Diego, California. [ 2] It was established on August 5, 1889. The department responds to over 183,000 calls per year. [ 2] It covers 343 square miles of service area, including 17 miles of coastline.
The Cedar Fire was a massive, highly-destructive wildfire, which burned 273,246 acres (1,106 km 2) of land in San Diego County, California, during October and November 2003. [ 2][ 3] The fire's rapid growth was driven by the Santa Ana wind, causing the fire to spread at a rate of 3,600 acres (15 km 2) per hour. [ 2]
The October 2007 California wildfires, also known as the Fall 2007 California firestorm, [ 11] were a series of about thirty wildfires (17 of which became major wildfires) [ 8] that began igniting across Southern California on October 20. At least 1,500 homes were destroyed [ 12] and approximately 972,147 acres (about 3,934 km 2, or 1,520 mi 2 ...
Hundreds of San Diego homes and businesses were damaged or ruined in ... but it's the fourth-wettest day of any calendar day” for San Diego, Adams said. ... San Diego Fire Chief Colin Stowell ...
List of California wildfires. Santa Ana winds in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image. The Rim Fire consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near Yosemite National Park, in 2013. This is a partial and incomplete list of California wildfires.
Deaths. 2 firefighters [ 2] Damage. >$296.9 million (2004 USD) [ 3] Season. ← 2003. 2005 →. The 2004 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2004. In total, 7,898 fires [ 1] burned 311,024 acres (1,258.67 square kilometres).
It was the wettest January day on record in San Diego, the National Weather Service said. A high school in the city was being used as a temporary shelter after about 100 homes were in some way ...
Oakland Fire Department. A 25-year old firefighter believed to have drowned at a San Diego-area beach Thursday has been identified as Caeden Laffan was a Sacramento native. Laffan, a 2017 graduate ...