LAFD Helicopters Aid at Santa Anita Canyon Wildfire

Pursuant of a formal Mutual Aid Request, the Los Angeles Fire Department has assigned two helicopters to assist the Sierra Madre Fire Department and allied agencies in their battle against a brush fire in the San Gabriel Mountains near Arcadia and Sierra Madre, California 20 miles northeast of our City.

The LAFD helicopters include one firefighting aircraft, and a second helicopter with specially trained staff dedicated to aerial reconnaissance, geographic information and command support.

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These personnel from the Los Angeles Fire Department have been dispatched to the "Santa Anita Fire" near Chantry Flats in accordance with California's Fire & Rescue Emergency Mutual Aid System, administered by the Governor's Office of Emergency Services. The system is designed to ensure that additional resources are provided to local jurisdictions whenever their own resources are committed or insufficient for a specific emergency incident.

The City of Los Angeles remains fully protected by the use of additional staff and aircraft to cover foreseeable local needs, and we remind local residents that these LAFD helicopters can be recalled to our City as necessary.

Pursuant of protocol, official public and media information regarding this wildfire incident, including the actions of assigned LAFD personnel, will be provided through the U.S. Forest Service and Sierra Madre Fire Department, which maintain daily jurisdictional authority of the area where the fire is burning.

photo of LAFD Helicopter 'Fire 3' at the fire courtesy of Frank Zgonc.


Submitted by Brian Humphrey, Spokesman
Los Angeles Fire Department