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EEC provides critical support to wireless carrier's infrastructures during the Southern California wild fires

An account of the California wild fires as seen through the eyes of one of EEC's technicians.  The photos were provided by Bill Clark out of EEC's Anaheim, California, office.

 
 A picture of Southern California's mountains ablaze.

 
 
The cell site where EEC's technicians worked was directly above this fire.
 
 
 The cell site where EEC's technicians worked was directly above this fire.
 
 
The Santiago fires were so smokey it was hard to see and breathe.
 

 
 A picture of the raging fires taken at night.

 
 
Set amongst the glowing flames of the wild fires; this is a rear view shot of an all-terrain propane truck.  EEC's Technicians drove the vehicle up through the California Mountains, so they could reach remote wireless cell sites, and refuel the generators.   
 
 
An EEC truck up in the charred mountains of California parked on a road adjacent to a wireless cell site.
 

A spotter plane that coordinates the water and foscheck drops.  Foscheck is a fire retardant substance made up of 85% water, 10% fertilizer, and 5% other ingredients. 
 
 
One of the water planes that cleared a safe path for EEC's technicians, by dousing the roadway and a wireless cell site.
 

Downed lines strewn across the blackened landscape.
 
 
The charred remains of a utility pole and fence.
 

One of the mountain roadways leading to a wireless cell tower.
 
 
A resilient utility pole left still standing after withstanding the California inferno.