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The Ranch Fire (or Castaic Fire) burned along the Los Angeles-Ventura county line about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Santa Clarita, [48] in the Angeles and Los Padres national forests. It surrounded the Ventura County community of Piru [74] [75] and also threatened the communities of Fillmore, Ventura and Ojai. [48]
24th, 26th, 32nd. Website. www .countyofventura .org. Ventura County ( / vɛnˈtʊərə / ⓘ) is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 843,843. [ 10][ 13] The largest city is Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura.
The 2003 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that burned throughout the state of California during the year 2003. In total, 9,116 fires [ 4] burned 1,020,460 acres (4,129.7 km 2 ). [ 1][ 2] In October, a major wildfire outbreak in Southern California burned more than 750,000 acres, destroyed thousands of homes, and killed two dozen ...
Of those, 39,501 customers were in Ventura County. Local areas included spots around Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Camarillo, Moorpark, Santa Paula, Fillmore, Ventura and Ojai.
Officials reported progress fighting the South fire in Ventura County and have lifted evacuation orders for portions of Somis and Santa Paula.
The 2009 California wildfires were a series of 9,159 wildfires that were active in the US state of California, during the year 2009. [2] [4] The fires burned more than 422,147 acres (660 sq mi; 1,708 km 2) of land from early February through late November, [1] due to Red Flag conditions, destroying hundreds of structures, injuring 134 people ...
On Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at 10:45 p.m. PST, Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Ventura County, due to the Thomas Fire. [135] On his visit to Ventura on Saturday to survey the damage, Brown called the fires a "terrible tragedy for so many people." This is the new normal. We're about ready to have firefighting at Christmas.
On May 11, 1928 the Ventura County Fire Protection District (VCFPD) was established. It wasn't for another two years that a 24-hour Fire Warden was placed on duty. [5] As the population of the county grew, the VCFD grew as well. In 1946 the department added radios to all of their trucks and rose to a total of 34 personnel.