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Volcano House, also known as the Cinder Cone House, [1] Vulcania [2] and Volcania, [3] near Newberry Springs in San Bernardino County, Southern California, United States, is a mid-century modern house designed by architect Harold James Bissner Jr. and built in 1968–1969 on top of a 150 ft (46 m)-high extinct volcanic cinder cone.
A wildland fire engine or brush truck is a fire engine specifically designed to assist in fighting wildfires by transporting firefighters to the scene and providing them with access to the fire, along with water or other equipment. There are multiple types of wildfire apparatus which are used in different scenarios.
How to help firefighters. The LA Fire Department Foundation's Wildfire Emergency Fund supports the local firefighters battling the fires. The fund is being used to finance emergency fire shelters ...
Wildfires have decimated more than 40,000 acres of the Los Angeles metropolitan area over the last week, charring more than 12,000 structures, displacing over 150,000 residents and leaving at ...
California’s eco-bureaucrats halted a wildfire prevention project near the Pacific Palisades to protect an endangered shrub. It’s just the latest clash between fire safety and conservation in ...
The rescue truck carries all of the same equipment that a truck company carries, such as vehicle extrication tools, forcible entry tools and ventilation tools giving the rescue engine truck company capabilities without the aerial device of a truck company. Ventura County Fire Department has 3 rescue engines, 1 rescue is paired with a BLS engine ...
A firefighter works near the remains of a home that was destroyed in the Mountain Fire on Nov. 8, 2024, in Camarillo, California. Fueled by strong winds, the fire burned across more than 20,000 ...
Cerro de la Calavera (also known as Mount Calavera) is an 513 ft (156 m) [1] ancient plug dome volcano that last erupted 22 million years ago during the subduction of the Farallon Plate. [3] [better source needed] It is located within the city of Carlsbad, California in the United States. Cerro de la Calavera is only one of three volcanic plugs ...