ORC Engine 356
One of the things about our Statewide Mutual Aid system is that you never know where you might end up. With many large fires burning in Northern California in late July 2015, a Strike Team of Type III Engines was dispatched from Orange County to Northern California.
With the Santa Clara County Fire Department Type III Engines making up a Strike Team and working a fire near Lake Berryessa, and two more Strike Teams of Type III engines from CalFire's Santa Clara Unit working fires to our north, resources were a little low around here.
The Orange County Strike Team was assigned to Cal Fire's Santa Clara Unit to provide coverage. Two of their engines had been working a fire in the hills above Saratoga on Friday evening and again on Saturday.
Which brings us to this unusual site... on Saturday afternoon, an Orange County Type III Wildland Engine (Engine 356) sitting on the apron at Saratoga Fire Station!
ORC Engine 356
One of the things about our Statewide Mutual Aid system is that you never know where you might end up. With many large fires burning in Northern California in late July 2015, a Strike Team of Type III Engines was dispatched from Orange County to Northern California.
With the Santa Clara County Fire Department Type III Engines making up a Strike Team and working a fire near Lake Berryessa, and two more Strike Teams of Type III engines from CalFire's Santa Clara Unit working fires to our north, resources were a little low around here.
The Orange County Strike Team was assigned to Cal Fire's Santa Clara Unit to provide coverage. Two of their engines had been working a fire in the hills above Saratoga on Friday evening and again on Saturday.
Which brings us to this unusual site... on Saturday afternoon, an Orange County Type III Wildland Engine (Engine 356) sitting on the apron at Saratoga Fire Station!