The Menlo Park Fire Protection District was among other Bay Area first responders who geared up Saturday to assist with expected flooding in Southern California.
MENLO PARK -- As Hilary barreled north toward Baja California and Southern California on Saturday, weakening from hurricane to a tropical storm, dangerous rains were a major concern.
Members of his department were mobilized to join a swift-water rescue team Saturday morning by the state's Office of Emergency Management. Sixteen Bay Area firefighters from various departments headed to El Centro in the Imperial Valley to assist with potential evacuations and rescues. This is at least the third time this year Menlo Park's fire team has been deployed. Their swift-water boats helped rescue about 40 people in Pajaro in Monterey County, when a levee broke there earlier this year.
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