Remembering SoCal Five Years After The Firestorms

It is the five year anniversary of the Grand Prix Fire, Cedar Fire and the Old Fire.  Those that assisted in these major wildland and urban conflagration fires will remember them as defining moments in their career.  The long hours of firefighting and utter devastation is burned deeply into all of our minds.

It was a terrible month for Southern California.  Thousands of homes were lost and several lives.  Our hearts go out to Brother Firefighter Steve Rucker who lost his life that October 5 years ago while battling fires near San Diego.

I am assured that the loss of lives and property that fire season has not gone in vain. Many of us were able to take something away from these incidents and help build our slide carousel of experiences for future references of lessons learned.

The Old Fire

The Cedar Fire