OFFICIALS GAUGE THE SLIPPERIEST SLOPES.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer STEVENSON RANCH Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. - Even before the final embers em·ber n. 1. A small, glowing piece of coal or wood, as in a dying fire. 2. embers The smoldering coal or ash of a dying fire. were doused in the Stevenson Ranch fire area, assessment teams began walking the charred acreage as a first step toward preventing mudslides in the denuded canyon neighborhoods. Crews 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 and the county's Department of Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. are checking the damage and mapping potential trouble spots. The concern is for areas prone to mudslides since the Simi Valley/Verdale fire stripped the vegetation from more than 100,000 acres of wilderness west of Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, , Marina Janofsky, a public works spokeswoman, said Monday. ``We will be able to look at the weather forecast, and if a storm is coming, the map will show where the hotspots have been identified,'' Janofsky said. ``We pass that information on to the local agencies that handle emergencies.'' Workers also will clear debris from canyons that drain into natural streams or feed man-made flood-control systems to avoid clogs that could cause flooding in a storm, Janofsky said. In the coming days, a fire department official will scan the area by helicopter toward the same end, fire Inspector Steve Cookus said. ``They look for target areas that could potentially be a problem,'' Cookus said. A team on the ground already has found some healthy root structures where brush burned - good news, because the plants will help hold the soil in place in heavy rain. That group will decide whether the foothills of the Santa Susana Mountains The Santa Susana Mountains are a transverse range of mountains in southern California, north of the city of Los Angeles, in the United States. The range runs east-west separating the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley on its south from Santa Clara River Valley to the north and that come up to neighborhood streets in the Stevenson Ranch and Sunset Pointe neighborhoods should be reseeded to guard against erosion. As an added precaution, local fire stations will have sandbags sandbags small sacks containing sand used to support an anesthetized animal in dorsal recumbency and prevent it from rolling sideways during anesthesia or surgery. available for residents to fill in their properties that need protection. Residents whose homes lie in the path of potential mudflows will be notified by the county, Janofsky said. Her department also has added information available on its Web site - go to www.ladpw.org and click on ``fire disaster info.'' Patricia Farrell Aidem, (661) 257-5251 pat.aidem(at)dailynews.com |
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