CALTRANS UPDATE:
SBCO: 🚨 REMINDER: SR-18 FULL CLOSURE I 🚧

Travelers on State Route 18 should plan ahead for a full closure from Snow Valley to Big Bear Dam from Monday, October 26, through Friday, October 30, from 8AM to 4pm daily. For additional information, visit: [Click Here] [Click Here]
October 21, 2026 at 04:00PM

Agree Jilly. That had to be hard on the firefighters as well as the homeowners 😢

Thank you for your efforts CalFire/Yucaipa. Very sad.

@CALFIREBDU:
STRUCTURE FIRE | YUCAIPA, CA

October 21, 2026 | #VistaIncident

At approximately 6:35 a.m., CAL FIRE/Yucaipa Fire Department firefighters, alongside Calimesa Fire Department personnel, responded to a residential structure fire in the 13000 block of Second Street in the City of Yucaipa.

Upon arrival, firefighters encountered smoke coming from a single-family mobile home. During firefighting operations, crews located 10 unresponsive cats inside the residence.

Firefighters immediately initiated lifesaving measures, including rescue breathing, in an effort to revive the animals. Despite their efforts, nine cats perished. One cat was successfully resuscitated and transported to a veterinary hospital for further treatment.

No civilian or firefighter injuries have been reported.

While the loss of these animals is heartbreaking, this incident highlights the compassion and dedication of our firefighters, whose commitment to protecting lives extends to the animals that are part of our families.

#CALFIRE #Yucaipa #VistaIC #StructureFire #AnimalRescue

@CALFIREBDU:
[NEW INCIDENT] Residential Structure Fire
10/21/26 6:35 AM #VistaIncident
13000blk 2ND ST, @CityofYucaipa
@calfirebdu @CityofCalimesa at scene of a single family mobile home with smoke showing from the bravo side of the structure.

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CALTRANS UPDATE:
SBCO: Another Project Complete🥳
🚧Our crews have successfully completed the .4M roadway preservation project on SR-247 in Lucerne Valley between Camp Rock Rd. and Valley Vista Rd.
🔧Improvements included seal coating, asphalt concrete replacement, and roadway striping. [Click Here]
October 20, 2026 at 03:25PM

Newer callout sirens may not need to be as loud nowadays. Where I grew up, in Independence, back before cell phones, they had to be heard 2 miles away. There was a siren on top of the sheriff's office, and an air horn on the roof of the main business in town. Between the two of them, especially the air horn that was blown at the end of the day shift, that did the trick.

@KeepItSimple PS
Not sure why Arrowbear E271 would activate its lights and siren code 3 at that hour with very little to done traffic? It might be department policy. I get the lights but not the siren at the hour. Do they do that for all calls late at night?

AR, the siren at BBC Fire Dept used to go off at noon every day.

As a child in Wisconsin, we used to fall asleep to train sounds and work sirens...

This is a Siren test we recorded back in 2019. It didn't work so well. You have to turn up your volume to hear what I mean....
Link: [Click Here]

Good question Razz! They used to test those monthly, but I think they all broke and were never fixed.

Speaking of weird sounding sirens, what ever happened to the warning siren that was over at the Bear City Fire Department. I only seem to remember it being turned on 1 time to test it?????

Long time ago i spent time in st.helena, the VFD there had a genuine air raid siren to summon volunteer fire staff. You could never tell when it was gonna go off and god help you if you were next to the fire department when it went off...