BULLHEAD CITY – On Tuesday, October 29, at about 8:50 p.m., several of the Bullhead City Fire Department (BHCFD) crews were dispatched to a brush fire across from 660 Hwy. 95 near the river’s edge. Ladder 721s crew arrived first on the scene, reporting that the fire was not easily accessible. Acting Battalion Chief Marvin McCabe, along with L721s crew monitored the fire and its movement with winds in excess of 25 mph. The blaze burned into an area that had previously been burned and died out. Firefighters continued to monitor the area throughout the night to watch for hot…

GOLDEN VALLEY – Nestled in an area once called Sacramento Valley between the Cerbat and Black Mountains, and stretching north from Interstate 40 toward Dolan Springs, the 300-plus square miles of desert landscape is now referred to as Golden Valley. Some of the valley is quite rugged and inaccessible by vehicles and includes parcels of land owned by citizens, companies, corporations, the State of Arizona and public lands controlled by the Bureau of Land Management. In the early days, referred to as the Golden Valley Fire Department, it only had one fire station that was located midway in the valley…