FIRE SEASON SNUFFED; EXTRA MOIST WINTER, LACK OF WINDS KEPT OUTBREAKS IN CHECK.Byline: Jesse Hiestand Daily News Staff Writer El Nino's drenching drenching farmer's term for the administration of medicines as solutions or suspensions in water by mouth with a drench bottle, gun or funnel. drenching bit to be included in a bridle as a bit. rains and a virtual no-show by the 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 -- this fall led to a relatively tame fire season this year, city fire officials said Monday as they declared an end to the season. The heavy rains were a mixed blessing. They spawned tremendous brush growth but also kept those plants moisture-laden throughout the summer months, thus diminishing their susceptibility to flames. And the catalyst to Southern California wildfires, the blistering Santa Ana winds, took shape for just a day or two in October, said 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. spokesman Brian Humphrey. ``The Santa Anas were kind to us this year but the future does not portend well, unless we take quick action early next fire season with brush clearance and department preparedness,'' Humphrey said. 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 has not officially declared an end to the fire season and will continue to have two water-dropping SuperScoopers on standby until Dec. 13, said dispatch supervisor Art Marrujo. Historical data compiled by Fire Department officials show that the worst fires often come in the first two years after record rains associated with El Nino conditions. There were no significant brush fires in the city of Los Angeles
``We were very fortunate indeed, but let's not become complacent - Southern California is a tinderbox tin·der·box n. 1. A metal box for holding tinder. 2. A potentially explosive place or situation: referred to the crowded prison as a tinderbox of suppressed violence. and we'd be foolish to think otherwise,'' he said. The closest major wildfire to Los Angeles struck near the Ventura County communities of Piru, Fillmore and Santa Paula in October, consuming 12,613 acres of brush, said Ventura County Fire Department Not to be confused with Ventura Fire Department. The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county. spokeswoman Sandi Wells. The other significant brush fire in Ventura County this year scorched several hundred acres near Westlake Village in September, she said. Los Angeles County fire officials estimate that only about 1,500 acres were burned in their jurisdiction this year, which is a relatively low amount, Marrujo said. |
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