Talk:Old Fire
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Any idea how they come up with names like Old Fire and Grand Prix Fire? Rl 09:24, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
I don't know for sure about the Grand Prix Fire (may be related to the nearby racetrack in Fontana). The Old Fire, however is named for its origin, Old Waterman Canyon Road, north of San Bernardino. OWC Road is the old route ascending Waterman Canyon parallel to the SR330, the modern route.
Why on earth they didn't call it "Old Waterman Fire" or "Waterman Fire" I do not know. It certainly would have been more descriptive. Tuesdave 22:41, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
The Grand Prix Fire was named by Captain Fopiano, San Bernardino County Fire Department after the Street Grand Prix in Fontana California. The fire started near this location and often fires are named using the closest street to the fire.
Neutrality issue
Neutrality
The latter part of this article is not written in a neutral format; exclamation marks rarely follow dry facts. The statement that "San Bernardino County is widely known by residents for its corruption!" is not an encyclopedic fact, but an opinion.nitmd 15:38, 16 November 2006(CDT)
Good Lord. This article is incredibly biased. I was a captain on an Engine in the Cedar Glen area during the time the fire came through. I was just above the Cedar Glen Malt shop at 11 PM at night, (Uh..maybe that's why there was no aircraft flying?) when we witnessed incredible fire behavior including crowning. There was no way I was going down that canyon to the remote parts of Cedar Glen with the fire below me! 20:30, 20 November 2006 (Pacific)
- I cleared up the bias and left some of the more usefol stuff that the person added. always remember to check the history to see how recently the biased stuff was added.--Acebrock 04:46, 21 November 2006 (UTC)