The Los Angeles County Fire Department brought in some wild resources to help prevent wildfires.
On Tuesday, the department held a demonstration at LACoFD Helispot 69 Bravo where 150 goats and sheep ate away the brush.
“We're doing about 32 acres with these goats to help clear this helispot to keep the vegetation managed for all the copters coming in so that they can respond quickly to a wildfire,” Assistant Chief Brad Weiss with the fire department told KNX News’ Karen Adams.
Assistant Fire Chief Drew Smith said the prescribed grazing is thanks to Cal Fire.
“About a year ago, we received just over a million dollars and we're doing a lot of environmental different paperwork for long-term strategic fuel break projects throughout the county,” he said.
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The goats and the sheep belong to the Shepherdess Land and Livestock Company, which is run by Cole Bush and her partner, John.
“We are thrilled to be working in partnership with the Los Angeles County Fire Department and Sheriff's Department to demonstrate how prescribed grazing in this carefully managed way [that] can be an ecological approach [and] that can compare with prescribed burn as well as mechanical clearing,” Bush said.
It’s expected to take the goats and sheep about three to six weeks to finish to get through the acres.
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