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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 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ( CAL FIRE) [ 2][ 3] is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California. It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state's private and ...
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 ...
January 23, 2024 at 10:28 AM. Flash flooding has sparked an emergency declaration in San Diego after four inches of rain fell in six hours on Monday. San Diego mayor Todd Gloria declared a state ...
Portions of Ramona, notably the Barona Mesa area adjacent to San Diego Country Estates, are under the jurisdiction of the San Diego Rural Fire Protection District (View its District map). With one exception, public schools in Ramona are operated by the Ramona Unified School District, which is governed by an elected five-person board of trustees ...
The Bill Kettner was San Diego, California's first fireboat. She was a 59 feet (18 m) and staffed by a crew of seven. She was named after William Kettner, who was then San Diego's Congressional Representative. The San Diego fire department's history asserts that the Bill Kettner was the first gasoline-powered fireboat in the world.
92127. Area code. 858. 4S Ranch is a locale of San Diego County, California. It is located about 25 miles (40 km) north of downtown San Diego and 13 miles (21 km) east of the Pacific Ocean in the North County Inland area of San Diego. To the east of 4S Ranch is the San Diego community of Rancho Bernardo. To the west is the Santa Fe Valley ...