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SCM ALERT🚨
2 hour(s) ago

[BFA INCIDENT DISPATCH]
FV /VEHICLE FIRE IN JOHNSON VALLEY - KICKAPOO TRL JOHNSON VALLEY
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5 hour(s) ago

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SCM ALERT🚨
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Have a great day from all of us at SCM!

SCM ALERT🚨
20 hour(s) ago

[UPDATE]
VEHICLE FIRE in LUCERNE VALLEY
All Units Respond To The Rv Fire. Its A Small Rv, Fully Involved. At This Time There Is No Threat To The Vegetation. Its Pretty Small. We Should Be Able To Handle With Medic Engine 8 And The Cal Fire Unit And 3570. I Cancel Medic Engine 283. Were On Scene. I Copy. Small Motorhome, Well Involved. You Can Handle. No Threat To The Vegetation. Continue The Cal Fire Response, But We Can Cancel 283. Break. 283, Do You Copy?
DETAILS: [Click Here]

SCM ALERT🚨
20 hour(s) ago

[BFA INCIDENT DISPATCH]
FT /MOTORHOME/TRUCK/BUS FIRE IN LUCERNE VALLEY - CAMP ROCK RD & ARROYO RD LUCERNE VALLEY
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SCM ALERT🚨
24 hour(s) ago

[CHP DISPATCH] SAN BERNARDINO - REPORTED FIRE 3080 HIGHWAY 330 N MILE MARKER 30.80
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SCM ALERT🚨
1 day(s) ago

@CHP Arrowhead:
🌧️🛣️ Drive cautiously in wet conditions and maintain safe following distances.
March 2, 2026 at 12:57PM

SCM ALERT🚨
2 day(s) ago

[BFA INCIDENT DISPATCH]
TU /TRAFFIC COLLISION WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES IN BIG BEAR LAKE - BIG BEAR DAM / BIG BEAR DAM BIG BEAR LAKE
DETAILS: [Click Here]

⚡WX ALERT⚡
2 day(s) ago

🚀 Launch scrubbed for tonight, will update on new date/time when available! 🚀

⚡WX ALERT⚡
2 day(s) ago

🚀 Firefly Alpha rocket launch this evening at 6:43PM from Vandenberg AFB. Should be visible in our western sky! 🚀

SCM ALERT🚨
2 day(s) ago

@CALFIREBDU:
🚨 Smoke Advisory – San Bernardino Mountain Communities 🚨

CAL FIRE, in partnership with San Manuel Fire Department, will be conducting planned pile burn operations in the Hubert Eaton area off Highway 18 / Heaps Peak Helibase Road.

📅 Operational Dates: March 2–6, 2026
🔥 [Click Here]

SCM ALERT🚨
2 day(s) ago

[CHP DISPATCH] BIG BEAR LAKE - TRAFFIC ADVISORY HIGHWAY 18 / ARTIC CIRCLE
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SCM ALERT🚨
2 day(s) ago

[CHP DISPATCH] RUNNING SPRINGS - VEHICLE FIRE 4068 HIGHWAY 330 S MILE MARKER 40.70
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SCM ALERT🚨
2 day(s) ago

Happy Birthday to Around the Lake! Hope you have a great day today!

SCM ALERT🚨
3 day(s) ago

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