![]() ![]() South of Tahoe, Rick Nelson and his wife, Diane, had planned to host a weekend wedding at Fallen Leaf Lake, where his daughter and her fiance had met. (To check real-time air quality go to bit.ly/3B8ijt0.) South Lake Tahoe and Tahoe City on the west shore had the nation’s worst air pollution at midmorning Wednesday, reaching 334, in the “hazardous” category of the 0-500 Air Quality Index, according to AirNow, a partnership of federal, state and local air agencies. To the north, the Caldor fire spread to within 20 miles southwest of Lake Tahoe, eating its way through rugged timberlands and “knocking on the door” of the basin that straddles the California-Nevada state line, California’s state fire chief Thom Porter warned this week.Īsh rained down and tourists ducked into cafes, outdoor gear shops and casinos on Lake Tahoe Boulevard for a respite from the unhealthy air. Evacuations were ordered, and crews mounted an air attack to keep the South Fire from the tiny communities of Lytle Creek and Scotland near the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County. In Southern California, an unknown number of remote homes and outbuildings burned after a fire broke out Wednesday afternoon and quickly ran through tinder-dry brush in mountains northeast of Los Angeles. LVFPD provides and receives mutual aid to and from the surrounding jurisdictions.SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - A Northern California fire that gutted hundreds of homes advanced toward Lake Tahoe on Wednesday as thousands of firefighters tried to box in the flames and tourists who hoped to boat or swim were enveloped in a thick yellow haze of the nation's worst air. ![]() We have a Joint Powers Authority with the City of South Lake Tahoe and Fallen Leaf Fire Department and have been providing three first out Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances to our constituents and visitors for the past 20 years. Like most departments we run approximately 85% medical aids which are why we pursued and secured the contract to provide paramedic ambulance service to Eldorado County Community Service Area 3 (CSA#3) in September of 2001. Calls can range from high angle rescues to avalanche searches and even the occasional cat retrieval from trees. Our call types vary quite a bit due to the recreational opportunities in our District. Lake Valley Fire is an all risk department. During the busy seasons with the influx of visitors, that number can be as high as 50,000. LVFPD is mainly a residential community with a year round population of about 12,000. That’s just one season! Whatever your pleasure you can find it in our District. Various local activities include mountain biking, backpacking, camping, hiking, tennis golf, rock climbing, water skiing, stand up paddle board, kayak, boating, and jet skiing. Lake Tahoe is billed as “America’s All Year Playground” and it lives up to that motto. Our response area includes three major ski resorts, miles of backcountry trails, world class climbing, a couple of main artery highways, lakes, rivers, wild land urban interface and a small commercial corridor. Within our borders we have the largest alpine lake in North America, surrounded by the majestic Sierra Nevada mountain range. Lake Valley continued its service to the county residents within its 86 square mile district. In 1965 the City of South Lake Tahoe incorporated and formed its own Fire Department. Our first piece of apparatus was a 1947 Mack Pumper which we still own today as a parade engine. Lake Valley Fire Protection District has been offering emergency services to the South Shore area of South Lake Tahoe since 1947.
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