San Diego Fire-Rescue conducts large-scale wildfire training exercise

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department is running a training exercise in Skyline this week to sharpen decision-making during critical incidents.

The department is modeling the training after some of the most destructive fires that occurred in Los Angeles—the Eaton fire and the Palisades fire—to apply lessons learned to local response strategies.

The training exercise takes place at the San Diego Police Department’s Southeastern Division parking lot in the Skyline area. Fire officials selected the densely populated urban area for the drill because of its vulnerability to rapid-spreading wildfires…

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