Shortly after 8pm, minutes before showtime, the fireworks were cancelled and the park was evacuated ahead of severe weather. During the evacuation Pound Ridge Fire assisted with shutting down road traffic so families could walk along the evacuation route.

Concurrently with the evacuation, PRFD handled multiple emergency calls as the storms passed: hazardous conditions, an MVA with injuries, and ... (Full Story & Photos)

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Pound Ridge responded with a tanker and full crew to the scene, and an engine and full crew to initially standby at the Vista firehouse. While both units were en route, the fire was upgraded to a second alarm, and a Mayday was transmitted by a firefighter from another department operating inside the structure. While en-route our engine diverted directly to the scene behind the Tanker.

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The Fire 1 curriculum, Basic Exterior Firefighting Operations (BEFO), Interior Firefighting Operations (IFO), and Firefighter Survival (FFS), runs over 150 hours of demanding hands-on and classroom training. Christian and Alex tackled it in an accelerated format that packed all of that into a little over a month. What makes it even more impressive is everything they were juggling at the same time. ... (Full Story & Photos)