Rodeo-Hercules Fire District News
New RHFD Images
Vegetation Fire – Higuera & Faria
Link to this post
September 8th, 2011
RODEO HERCULES FIRE DISTRICT/PINOLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
M E D I A R E L E A S E
DATE: September 7, 2011
TIME OF ALARM: 9:50 PM
TYPE OF INCIDENT: 2nd Alarm Vegetation Fire
LOCATION: Higuera Ave./ Faria St. (Pinole)
RESPONSE: 8 Engines, 2 Hand Crews, 3 Battalion Chief(s)
ASSISTING AGENCIES: Rodeo-Hercules Fire District, Contra Costa County Fire District, Crockett-Carquinez Fire District, Cal Fire, Marin County Fire Dept. El Cerrito Fire Dept..
TOTAL FIRE PERSONNEL AT SCENE: 50 including crews
FIRE INFORMATION:
Control Time: 11:30 p.m.
Number of Structures Damaged: None
Property Saved: twenty adjacent homes received no damage
Cause: Under investigation; suspicious
GENERAL STORY: All Concerned-
At 9:50 p.m., Battalion 7 fire agencies were dispatched to a vegetation fire on Faria Hill in Pinole. Units arrived to find a working fire at the base of the hill spreading toward surrounding homes. Although wind was not a factor, the extreme slope involved required considerable manpower and a 2nd alarm was called to bring additional resources.
Crews ascended the hill with progressive hose lines and encircled the fire in approximately an hour while other units stood by at the homes atop the hill. A hand crew from Marin county as well as a Cal Fire hand crew (inmates) cut a permanent line around the perimeter to insure permanent containment. The location of the fire is in a “mutual threat zone” which enables Cal Fire to automatically respond state resources to protect State Responsibility Area to the east.
PRESS RELEASE BY: Jim Parrott, Battalion Chief DATE: 9/8/11 0930 hours
CONTACT PERSON / PHONE NUMBER: Jim Parrott – 925 383-4120