HESPERIA, CA (Pain In The Pass) >> San Bernardino County Fire Department will be conducting a prescribed burn (control burn). This will be a live fire training burns scheduled for Tuesday morning May 4 – Thursday, May 6, if weather permitted. Live Fire Training (control burn) will be location in the south east portion of Hesperia in the Honda Valley area south of Summit Valley Road. This is a training exercise for the Interagency Dozer Academy. Smoke will be visible throughout this exercise while firefighters remove fire prone grasses and brush at multiple locations each day.
Please don’t call 911 to report a brush fire if you see smoke or active flames in the Honda/Summit Valley area on these dates only. The location is below Summit Valley Rd., between Highway 138 and Hwy 173/Arrowhead Lake Rd.
Firefighter will be staged north of the west fork of the Mojave River and east of the California Aqueduct.
For public safety, and the safety of fire crews signs will be posted along roadways entering areas where burning is taking place, please drive with caution and obey all posted speed limits.
Fire Personnel will remain onsite 24 hours a day for the duration of the academy to monitor fire activity.
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