On Saturday, crews from the Big Sky Fire Department, Central Valley Fire District, and Butte-Silver Bow Fire Department headed for California to provide aid as wildfires continue to rage across the Los Angeles area.
Watch the report from MTN's Edgar Cedillo:
Big Sky Fire is sending an engine along with the following personnel: FF/PM Travis Dubois, FF/EMT Matt George, FF/PM and Task Force Leader trainee Matt Kendziorski, Captain/Engine Boss Chris Mohr, and Battalion Chief and Task Force Leader Dan Sheil.
From Central Valley, an engine manned by Engineer/Medic Stinson, FF Ivey, Captain Royce, and FF Lipperd is en route to help battle the wildfires.
Three Butte-Silver Bow firefighters—Captain Jerod Gonzalez, FF Levi Davenport and FF Jake Hanley—left Saturday in Engine 3 and have reportedly already arrived in California.
The firefighters from each agency will be on an 18-day deployment and join other Montana firefighters headed to southern California.
