Alameda Firefighters Return From Wildfire Deployments

ALAMEDA, CA — Several Alameda firefighters have returned home safe from mutual aid deployments to help fight major wildfires burning in Southern California and Oregon.

According to the Alameda Fire Department, one captain was assigned to work as a heavy equipment boss at the Bridge Fire burning in the Angeles National Forest. The fire has burned nearly 55,000 acres since igniting Sept. 8 and is now 98 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.

A division chief worked as a strike team leader trainee with a strike team assigned to the Line Fire burning in San Bernardino County south of Big Bear Lake. That fire has burned more than 43,000 acres since igniting Sept. 5 and is now 80 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.

Two other Alameda firefighters lent their skills to fight the Diamond Complex fire burning in Oregon as part of California Interagency Incident Management Team 14. An Alameda captain trained as a division/group supervisor, while an apparatus operator was assigned to work as a lead public information officer.

"All these resources were deployed as part of the California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System," the department wrote Sunday. "Welcome home!"