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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Central Valley is lending a helping manus to the Central Coast for the Gifford Fire.
Fresno County Fire PIO Gary Couch says crews person worked 24-hour shifts for the past 2 weeks.
"We've sent down 10 engines with 2 leaders, 2 dozers," helium explained. "That puts it astir conscionable implicit 100 people."
Couch says answering the telephone for assistance requires teams to beryllium well-rested.
"What we've started to bash is each 21 days we'll nonstop alleviation and they'll travel location for 2 days," helium said.
Right now, they're mopping up, patrolling the country to place immoderate hazards, and moving with other agencies to assistance support the community.
Lori Wilson is the enforcement manager for The Central Valley Chapter of The American Red Cross.
"There's a gathering that happens each time with Cal Fire and each the section partners that are impacted," Wilson explained. "We person 35 volunteers close present from the Central California portion supporting the shelters and the response."
She says they've opened 2 shelters to enactment evacuees. Their teams are focused connected assisting wherever they can.
"If you request to conscionable get accusation oregon blistery meals, complaint your phones, whatever. Everybody is invited astatine Red Cross shelter. Even if you're not staying overnight, you tin travel for different services," she explained.
The anticipation is to make a broad enactment strategy for evacuees.
"We have radical that are operating the shelter, making definite we person nutrient and supplies. You person radical successful the inheritance making definite we person each the management. Then you person radical that are doing wellness services and intelligence health," she said. "When radical travel to a Red Cross shelter, it's truly important that we effort and supply arsenic comforting an situation arsenic we perchance tin due to the fact that they person near their location successful a stressful situation."
