Firefighters’ training starts in Fairview Park
An Orange County Fire Authority helicopter participates in the first day of a three day fire training exercise with members of the Costa Mesa Fire Department at Fairview Park in Costa Mea on Thursday. The helicopter, flown by OCFA fire pilot Ethan Jensen, can hold up to 360 gallons of water.
(KEVIN CHANG / Daily Pilot)
Members of the Orange County Fire Authority and the Costa Mesa Fire Department began a three-day training exercise in Fairview Park on Thursday.
The drills will help firefighters better suppress any wildfires in Fairview Park and adjacent Talbert Regional Park, a county facility, Fire Chief Dan Stefano said in a prepared statement this week. No actual fires will be started during the training, he added.
The firefighters are scheduled to train in the 150-acre Costa Mesa park on Friday and Wednesday.
—Bradley Zint
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