Not an official account of Ventura County Fire Department. Maintained by an old retired guy.
Joined February 2016
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Battalion 5 retweeted
5 Apr 2021
Shots from the Westwood fire today.
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Battalion 5 retweeted
20 Mar 2021
Wind advisory issued for Santa Barbara south coast/mountains until 6 am Sunday. Northerly winds gusting 35-45 mph, strongest in the foothills. Isolated gusts to 50 mph near Montecito Hills. #SBAWeather #cawx #Socal
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Battalion 5 retweeted
10 Mar 2021
Crews are continuing to search for residents and clearing the roadway. Silverado Canyon is still under evacuation order. @OCSheriff #Silveradomudslide
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Battalion 5 retweeted
9 Mar 2021
Celebrating all the strong, capable & compassionate women @CalOES leading #EmergencyManagement & #PublicSafety. Thank You For Your Service! #InternationalWomansDay
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Battalion 5 retweeted
10 Mar 2021
Air Tactical Group Supervisors Gus Johnson & Joel Lane of anchorflankpinch.com spending the week training with Aero-Flite Inc in Chico California. More pictures and videos to come this week showing the Avro RJ85 Air Tanker and the Viking CL-415 water scooping aircraft.
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Battalion 5 retweeted
9 Mar 2021
Copter 8 and crew out training in the Santa Monica mountains this morning.
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Battalion 5 retweeted
10 Mar 2021
Recent San Diego peace officer memorial flyover with Copter 12 peeling off for missing man over downtown.
🎥 Pilot Webber
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Battalion 5 retweeted
10 Mar 2021
When OCFA FIRIS Air attacks are not covering Intel 12 & 24 for the great citizens of California, we provide live simulation training for Air Tanker companies throughout the United States.
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Battalion 5 retweeted
6 Mar 2021
Early this morning, Jordan Ramirez walked to our @VCSOVentura station to thank members of the Sheriff's Office for our service to the community. Jordan is an amazing young man. See for yourself by getting to know him here: instagram.com/thankyouforyou…
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Battalion 5 retweeted
5 Mar 2021
OCFA FIRIS, Intel 24 returning to the Ludlow train derailment today. Train was configured with 100 cars and five locomotives. 14 cars included Haz-Mat and 27 cars where empty. Fred Burris OCFA Airattack with Loren Rasmussen and Peter Cain with Team AEVEX at the controls.
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Battalion 5 retweeted
3 Mar 2021
Oxnard police say they seized drugs and an alligator from the waterfront home of an alleged drug dealer in Channel Islands Harbor kvta.com/news/drugs-and-an-a…
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Battalion 5 retweeted
2 Mar 2021
OCFA FIRIS Intel 24, Calvert Fire with Cal-Fire Airtanker 100 dropping the rest of his load of a split drop, left flank.
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Battalion 5 retweeted
4 Mar 2021
OCFA FIRIS, Intel 24 on the Ludlow Train derailment today in San Bernardino County. OCFA Airattack Group Supervisor Fred Burris with Team AEVEX sensor operator Loren Rasmussen and pilot Peter Cain providing the coverage.
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Battalion 5 retweeted
1 Mar 2021
A quick and aggressive attack by #CalFire on the #WarrenFire in RRU minimized its growth. FIRIS Intel 24 providing situational awareness overhead. @Cal_OES @CalChiefs
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Battalion 5 retweeted
31 Jan 2021
Henrico Fire Engine 305 (Lakeside Fire House) was involved in a rollover accident this morning responding to a call for service. Roads were snowy and slippery. No other vehicles were involved. All four FF exited the apparatus on their own and were transported to local hospitals.
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Battalion 5 retweeted
31 Jan 2021
Please. Please. Please. Everyone PRAY for my daughter Molly. She has been in an accident and suffered a brain trauma. She’s unconscious in ICU. Please RT and PRAY 🙏🙏🙏
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Battalion 5 retweeted
28 Jan 2021
Yesterday, @VCAirUnit performed a weigh & balance on our 1980 Bell 206l Longranger. Specialized equipment places the copter on scales that weigh it @ 3 different points. Weigh & balance info is extremely important for planning flights. It weighed just under 2,840 lbs! #YourVCSO
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