Demonstration to Teach Fire Safety
State and county firefighters Thursday will demonstrate techniques to protect orchards and display a new four-wheel vehicle that sprays firefighting foam in Santa Paula.
A small prescribed burn will be conducted about 9 a.m. at the Limoneira Ranch on Cummings Road to show orchard owners how to eliminate brush and other fuels from their land, county fire officials said.
The demonstration is one of several that have been held following the Piru fire last October, during which county ranchers lost nearly $500,000 worth of citrus and avocado groves, according to fire officials.
During that fire, several million dollars worth of citrus and avocados were saved at orchards where ranchers had conducted prescribed burns and eliminated fire fuels, officials said.
The demonstration will include representatives from the county Fire Department, the California Department of Forestry, the Ventura County Farm Bureau, the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District and orchard owners.
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