Tucson firefighters are making their way to Los Angeles to help fight the historic wildfires currently taking place in the region.

The first fire began burning on Tuesday and overnight the Santa Ana Winds, which are very common in the region, rapidly spread fires to various parts of Los Angeles County.

Four fires are currently burning according to CNN: the Eaton fire, Hurst fire, Lidia fire and Palisades fire.

The wildfires have caused over 100,000 thousand residents to be put under evacuation orders for their own safety according to the Associated Press.

The Tucson Fire Department sent Tucson Fire’s Brush 22 truck to California to support ongoing firefighting efforts.

The Brush 22 truck is a Type 3 engine, staffed with four firefighters. According to a post on X, the crew on the engine are ready to tackle wildfires in rural areas. They won’t know their assignment until arrival and could be deployed in California for up to two weeks.

“By the time we get out there I would assume the majority of evacuations will have been completed, and at that point the priority becomes saving structures from potential spot fires[…] and then beyond that will be the actual containment of the fire, getting around the perimeter of it and securing it so it doesn’t spread anymore,” said KP Maxwell, wildland coordinator with TFD in a video statement posted to X.

According to the Public Information Officer for TFD, Shelle Jackson,  the way requests for aid in fighting wildfires work is that the Los Angeles Fire Department is able to ask for aid through the state. LAFD asks Arizona and then the state asks around to see what departments are able to help.

The process after the call is made happens very quickly; the Brush 22 crew had 20 minutes to get ready to deploy to California to help fight fires.

The Tucson Fire crew’s two-week deployment comes after fire departments from other states are also rendering aid to Los Angeles including Washington, Nevada and now Arizona.

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