![]() Fire engines from the Palo Alto Fire Department and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection responded, and fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters dropped fire retardant on the blaze. Since the first fire, university officials have stepped up precautionary efforts to build firebreaks in the foothills by mowing grass and turning over topsoil, Stanford Assistant Fire Marshal Alison Pena said. It has been 15 years since the last large fire in the foothills, Pena noted. On July 10, 1992, a 500-acre blaze near the Dish took more than 100 firefighters about three hours to contain. About 200 homes and campus buildings were evacuated as a result of that fire. (For full story, see Campus Report, July 15, 1992.) No one was injured and no structures were damaged, but the blaze came within a few hundred feet of several campus homes. The 3,200-acre wildfire that began June 24 in the area west of South Lake Tahoe near Stanford Sierra Camp on Fallen Leaf Lake was 100 percent contained on July 7. The blaze destroyed about 260 homes in the area but did not damage the camp. Hot spots within the burned area will continue to be monitored by fire crews until the seasonal rains start in the fall. ![]() "Nobody panicked it was very orderly," he said.Ĭamp Director David Bunnett, '83, who is captain of the Fallen Leaf Fire Department, said 400 campers and staff were safely evacuated in 15 minutes after the sheriff of El Dorado County issued a mandatory order June 24. "The staff did really well."įive staff members who are volunteers with the Fallen Leaf Fire Department and four other staffers stayed behind, Bunnett said. ![]() They were under orders to evacuate by motorboat to the center of Fallen Leaf Lake if the fire threatened them, he said. STANFORD CAMP FALLEN LEAF LAKE FULLĬamp sessions that week and the following week (Weeks 3 and 4) were canceled, and campers received a full refund. During Week 3, the remaining staff fed local fire crews and forest service "hot shot" crews working in the area. "We used everything," Bunnett said, referring to the food intended for the Week 3 campers. South Lake Tahoe Fire Department Station 2 (South Lake Tahoe, CA - 6.During Week 4, some student staff members delivered luggage to the evacuated campers, but most returned to Sierra Camp to clear additional brush around the site.Lake Valley Fire Protection District Station 6 (South Lake Tahoe, CA - 5.6 miles).South Lake Tahoe Fire Department Station 3 (South Lake Tahoe, CA - 4.4 miles). ![]() South Lake Tahoe Fire Department (South Lake Tahoe, CA - 4.4 miles).Lake Valley Fire Protection District Station 7 (South Lake Tahoe, CA - 3.5 miles).Lake Valley Fire Protection District Station 5 (South Lake Tahoe, CA - 2.0 miles).View map of Fallen Leaf Lake Community Services District Fire Department, and get driving directions from your location.įind 6 Fire Departments within 6.3 miles of Fallen Leaf Lake Community Services District Fire Department. Fallen Leaf Lake Community Services District Fire Department Details Facility Type Ambulance & Fire Service Total Members 24 Fire Stations 1 Member Type Mostly Volunteer EMS Yes Owner Local Map of Fallen Leaf Lake Community Services District Fire Department in South Lake Tahoe, California
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