Yuma Fire Department strike team deployed to the Fairview fire near Hemet, California

The Yuma Fire Department received a mutual aid request from California authorities to send a strike team to help the Fairview fire in Riverside County

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - According to the Yuma Fire Department (YFD), they have received a mutual aid request from California to deploy a strike team to help with the Fairview fire burning near Hemet, California and teamed up with the Imperial Valley strike team on September 7.

Around 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday, September 7, the Yuma Fire Department said an Engine and 4 YFD personnel left Yuma to meet the Imperial Valley strike team in Imperial County, California.

The team traveled together to the Fairview Fire and arrived around 1:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 8 and are assigned to work on hotspots for their next 24 hour shift, said YFD.