On Thursday, August 1, 2013, firefighters from Lakeside Fire Station 2 and Station 1 were dispatched to reports of a vegetation fire on Highway 67 near Iron Mountain Dr. Lakeside units arrived on scene simultaneously with resources from Poway and CAL FIRE and found a fire that was under an acre and burning up the hillside. The fire was located in Poway, but only a few hundred yards from the Lakeside Fire Protection District.
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| A view of the fire from Highway 67 |
From this map you can see the Poway border (darker brown) and the unincorporated area of Lakeside (lighter brown). Incidents like this show why the mutual aid system we work under is so beneficial. This fire was suppressed before it burned into Lakeside; however, had resources not arrived on scene as quickly as they did, this fire could have had a much different outcome. Resources responding to this fire included units from Poway Fire Department, CAL FIRE, Lakeside Fire Protection District, and Santee Fire Department.
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| A view back down towards Highway 67 |
The fire was on the west side of Highway 67, which was beneficial to firefighters because there were no structures on this side of the road that were immediately threatened. As you can see from the photos, had the fire been on the other side of the highway there may have been homes that could have been impacted by the fire. The fire was held to under an acre and no structures were lost. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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| Crews "mop up" the fire to make sure there are no hotspots left. |
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| Lakeside Engineer Vasquez using 3 engines to keep enough water going to the hoselay |
Story by: Captain Bernie Molloy
Photos by: Chief Andy Parr and Captain Bernie Molloy
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