{"id":2967,"date":"2011-03-21T14:02:39","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T22:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2011-03-21T14:02:39","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T22:02:39","slug":"lightning-strike-at-recreation-golf-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/?p=2967","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Strike at Recreation Golf Course"},"content":{"rendered":"ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<p>This morning at approximately 8:54 am, Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD) Engine 4 responded to a call for a tree fire at Recreation Park Golf Course.\u00a0 Upon arrival they were directed to a large pine tree located between the 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup> fairway.\u00a0 A golfer had reported smoke from a fire that had been smoldering in the branches approximately 30 feet up the 80-100 foot tree.\u00a0 It appeared that the tree had been struck by lightning.\u00a0 Firefighters from Engine 4 laddered the tree, cut down the affected branches and extinguished the fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Long Beach Fire Department would like to remind the public that during a thunderstorm care should be taken to avoid the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Natural lightning rods such as a tall, isolated tree in an open area.<\/li>\n<li>Hilltops, open fields, the beach, or a boat on the water.<\/li>\n<li>Isolated sheds or other small structures in open areas.<\/li>\n<li>Anything metal\u2014tractors, farm equipment, motorcycles, golf carts, golf clubs, and bicycles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on the hazards associated with thunderstorms and steps you can take to protect yourself please go to: <strong>http:\/\/www.fema.gov\/hazard\/thunderstorm\/<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning at approximately 8:54 am, Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD) Engine 4 responded to a call for a tree fire at Recreation Park Golf Course.\u00a0 Upon arrival they were directed to a large pine tree located between the 7th and 8th fairway.\u00a0 A golfer had reported smoke from a fire that had been smoldering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publicsafety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2967"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2983,"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967\/revisions\/2983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}