Re: [californiadisasters] LAFD Gets Ready for Carmageddon

This is a brush area, and the occupancies are generally remote as well.
While FD access to incidents in the area would not usually depend on the
405, it would depend on the surface streets which will be heavily impacted
by the 405 closure. (And don't forget that essentially, the 405 and
Sepulveda Blvd are the only routes through the Pass, so this is not an
ideal-access area in the best of times.

Kudos to LAFD for their customary good planning.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Noyes" <kimnoyes@gmail.com>
To: "CaliforniaDisasters" <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:38 PM
Subject: [californiadisasters] LAFD Gets Ready for Carmageddon

> LAFD Gets Ready for Carmageddon
> By Neil Costes, Jennifer Bjorklund and Eric Trujillo for KNBC-TV Los
Angeles
> | Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 | Updated 6:42 PM PDTThe LA Fire Department is
> getting a plan together to make sure Carmageddon weekend doesn't bring
> service to a halt.
>
> The 405 will completely shut
>
down<http://www.nbclosangeles.com/traffic/transit/Commuter-Tool-Kit-The-405-
Project-123377363.html>between
> the 101 and the 10 during the weekend of July 15 as part of a
> freeway widening project, which will include the demolition of half of the
> Mulholland Bridge.
>
> The LAFD will bring in 200 extra firefighters and paramedics over the
> weekend to make sure the department can still respond in a timely manner
to
> 911 calls in the area affected by the closure.
>
> The department says there will also be an additional fifteen fire engines
> and six ambulances staged at three fire stations in the area. Helicopters
> will be on standby, ready to fly to medical emergencies that cannot be
> reached on the ground.
>
> "We also will have six brush patrols," said Cecco Secci of the LAFD.
"What
> brush patrols are is they are an off-road vehicle with firefighters on
board
> which will be making the rounds in any inaccessible areas, and we'll be
> patrolling and keeping an eye on everything."
>
> The LAFD is asking the public to help out by staying away from the closure
> area, if possible.
> Source:
>
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LAFD-Gets-Ready-for-Carmageddon-1254
54723.html?__source=Newsletter-Daily
>
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