South Bay Crews Clear Dried Vegetation Ahead Of Weekend Heat Wave

CBS San Francisco

September 2, 2022

With hot temperatures forecast through Labor Day weekend, firefighters across the Bay Area are concerned about the increased fire danger from already dried-out hillsides.

The newly formed Fuels Reduction Crew with Santa Clara County Fire is working hard now to clear brush in the Saratoga Hills, so they never have to battle a massive wildfire in this very place.

"Every summer, we're eclipsing a new record every single year," said Mike Mathiesen, Santa Clara County's Battalion Chief of Pre-Fire Management and Wildfire Resilience. "It used to be a joke that this is the worst fire season ever. And that's been the case for the last 10 years in a row. I don't see it improving much unless we take some proactive steps to manage our forests and watersheds which our program is trying to do."

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