Kern County Firefighters battling the blaze across the State

Kern County Firefighters battling the blaze across the State

1 MILLION ACRESTHROUGHOUT THE STATE.THE KERN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTHAS AROUND 100 FIREPERSONNEL DISPERSED TO HELPFIGHT THE FIRES.23ABC CHECKED IN WITH KERNCOUNTY FIRE'S BATTALION CHIEF ..WHO JOINED US ON ZOOM WHILE OUTAT THE RIVER FIRE IN MONTEREYCOUNTY..HE SAYS THEY LEFT ON AUGUST17-TH FOR THE HOLSER FIRE INVENTURA COUNTY BEFORE GETTINGCALLED OUT TO SALINAS ON THE20TH..HE ADDS ... THEY WILL USUALLYDEPLOY FOR AT LEAST 14 DAYS ..BUT THERE'S A CHANCE THEY CAN BEREASSIGNED FOR ANOTHERTWO WEEKS AFTER GETTING A DAY OFREST..AND WITH THIS COMES CHALLENGES.."FOR US WERE GOING INTO A NEWSITUATION..

ACTIVE FIRES..PLACES WEVENEVER SEEN BEFORE ..ROADS WERENOT FAMILIAR WITH ..

TERRAINWERE NOTFAMILIAR WITH ..

AND WE GOTTA GOIN THERE AND DO OUR JOB AND WORKWITHAGENCIES WE DON'T USUALLY WORKWITH."HE SAYS WITH THESE NEWCHALLENGES COMESEXPERIENCE.."ONCE WE GET INTO IT AND WE STARTLEARNING ABOUT IT ..

WE HAVESIMILARSTUFF BACK IN KERN COUNTY..

SOWE WATCH HOW THEY FIGHT THEFIRESHERE..

WE CAN TAKE THATEXPERIENCE BACK HOME."HE SAYS THERE'S A CHANCE THEYMAY GET SENT TO THE FIRES INSANTA CRUZ -- WHERE CREWS AREBATTLING THE SECOND LARGESTFIRE IN CALUFORNIA HISTORY.DURING WILDFIRE SEASON YO