DANGER IN WIND FIRE CREWS KEEP EYE ON SANTA ANAS.Byline: Susan Abram Staff Writer Strong winds and summerlike temperatures put firefighters in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. on alert Tuesday, while weather forecasters predicted gusts would diminish by Thursday. A red-flag warning from the National Weather Service prompted additional teams from the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La to keep a watch on fire-prone areas from the Valley to Santa Clarita. The Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. tactical task force deployed four teams in Valley areas with the greatest potential for brush fires. ``If you do some research, you'll see that some of our largest brush fires have occurred in November and December,'' said Ron Myers, LAFD LAFD Los Angeles Fire Department LAFD Los Alamos Fire Department LAFD London Association of Funeral Directors (UK) spokesman. ``We take a military-like strategy. We use a hit-hard mentality.'' Moderate to strong Santa Ana winds Santa Ana Winds may refer to: 1. Santa Ana wind, a local Southern California reference to Föhn winds, a meteorological phenomenon occurring as a layer of wind is forced over a mountain range -- drying the air -- which then passes over the crest and begins to move downslope -- were expected to blow through the Valley today. Around the county Tuesday, winds hit up to 40 mph, with gusts of about 55 mph. Temperatures reached 84 degrees in Chatsworth and Van Nuys and 81 in Northridge, according to forecasters of the National Weather Service based in Oxnard. ``This weather pattern is an annual event,'' said NWS spokesman Bill Hoffer. ``What we have off our coast is a vigorous high pressure system. It's a big mother. We got this old spinning bowl of circulation coming from the Gulf of Alaska Noun 1. Gulf of Alaska - a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world .'' Today's highs should reach the mid-80s, with northeast winds of up to 30 mph and decreasing through the evening. Thursday is expected to be breezy, with temperatures decreasing to the high 70s. Susan Abram, (818) 713-3664 susan.abram(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Mike Stines of West Hills tests his homemade box kite, made of plastic bags and clothes hangers, at Pierce College. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer (2) Natalie Banks of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. has an apropos job interview in Woodland Hills on a windy Tuesday - with Wella Hair Products. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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