County of Los Angeles Fire Department
Serving
Lancaster, California
and the unincorporated communities of
Quartz Hill, Antelope Acres, Leona Valley, Lake Hughes, and Green Valley
BATTALION 11
DIVISION V
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Stations:
- 33 - Date Avenue and Kettering
Street, Lancaster (New Location)*
- Engine 33, Staffing: 3
- Quint 33, Staffing: 4
- Squad 33, Staffing: 2
- Battalion 11 Headquarters: 1
- 29.48 Square Miles
- 78 - Lake Elizabeth Road,
Lake Hughes
- Engine 78, Staffing: 3
- Patrol 78, Staffed with
1, as needed
- 245.47 Square Miles
- 84 - Avenue L-14 and 50th
Street West, Quartz Hill
- Engine 84, Staffing: 3
- Patrol 84, Staffing: 1
(Seasonal, as needed)
- Squad 84, Staffing: 2
- 22.69 Square Miles
- 129 - 6th Street West
and Avenue M, Lancaster*
- Engine 129, Staffing: 3
- EST
129, Staffing: 2
- Water Tender 129, Staffing: Shared
- Squad 129, Staffing: 2
- Utility 11, Staffing:
1
- USAR Supply Trailer
- Dozer
Team (Daytime Fire Season only), Staffing:
3
- 8.97 Square Miles
- 130 - 40th Street West
and Kildare, Lancaster
- 117 - 30th Street East
and Lancaster Boulevard, Lancaster
- 134
- 25th Street West and Avenue K-8, Lancaster
- USAR
134 Task Force - Composed of Engine 134 and USAR Squad 134 -
3 persons each
- 5.22 Square Miles
- North Los Angeles County
- 135 - 20th Street East
and Avenu K-4, Lancaster
- Engine 135, Staffing: 3
- 37.36 Square Miles
Call Fire Fighter Stations:
- 112 - Avenue E-8 and 90th
Street West, Antelope Acres
- 140 - Elizabeth Lake Road
and 90th Street West, Leona Valley
- 157 - Spunky Canyon Road
near San Francisquito Canyon Road, Green Valley
* Battalion 11 Headquarters
*Division 9 Headquarters, North County Fire Equipment Shop,
and Training Center
*Paramedic Assessment Engine
*Square Miles based are approximate based on
jurisdictional boundaries. Variables such as SRA, BLM, and other over-lapping
agencies are not taken into consideration.
Boundaries:
- North - Kern County line
- East - 120th Street East
- South - Avenue M
- West - 260th Street West
District Characteristics:
- State Highways 14 and 138
- Union Pacific Main line
- City of Lancaster, population 123,000
- Unincorporated county
areas
- Large expanse of annual grasses and light brush.
- Western Mojave desert
with summer daytime highs up to about 112 degrees F. and winter night-time
lows in low teens.
- California Aqueduct
- San Gabriel Mountain range
west of Palmdale
Division HQ:
Fire Station 129, Battalion
11, Division V, Lancaster, California
Schedule:
56 hour/week, 3 Platoon with
24 hour shifts
Wildland fire action is recorded
by volunteer photographer Al Senseman of Lancaster.
1. Thunderstorms were standard fare for the month
of May, '97.
2. Light Brush near the California Aqueduct, Fire
Station 78's area
3. Combination of Engine Company and Inmate Camp
Crews overhaul the fire.
4. The cold trail goes in around a few Joshua trees.
5. As sundown approached the storms abated.
6. Rich Sunset colors are the thunderstorm's "silver"
lining.
7. Engine 130 rushes down Lancaster Boulevard
to a fire in an office building under construction.
8. E129, E134, E33 crews open a roll-up door...
the hard way.
9. Motorhome fire under a residential over-hang,
134's area.
10. 134's Motorhome fire from the other side.
11. "Dragons in the Fire" taken at the Hughes
fire in July of '97, in 78's area.
12. Fire through a ventilation hole, Q.H.H.S.,
84's area.
13.Ventilation operations, QHHS, 84's area.
14. Fire Attack operations, QHHS, 84's area.
15. Smoke from Ventilation hole, QHHS, 84's area.
16. 'Hide and Seek' with fire, QHHS, 84's area.
17. Hot seat, QHHS, 84's area.
18. Cause investigation, QHHS, 84's area.
19. Brush fire takes a juniper bush.
20. E129 with Space Shuttle.
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