In the wake of the devastating wildfires last January, authorities are taking steps to make sure they can knock the flames out quickly. One of the steps included installing another dip tank on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
A demonstration of the tank was held on Wednesday. LA County Assistant Fire Chief Brian Kane explained to KNX Newsโ Jon Baird how the process works.
โThis tank here is directly piped into the reservoir system that actually supplies the reservoirs, but also the domestic supply to the residents here,โ he said. โSo it’s a direct line directly into the tank for a constant fill, which can refill in four-and-a-half minutes.โ
Kane said they have more than 20 of these dip tanks in Southern California.
โThe second closest one to this one is in Rancho Palos Verdes, on the other side of the peninsula, which makes this one very strategic within its location because now we have two tanks on each side of the peninsula,โ he said.
