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The Great Salt Lake Desert (colloquially referred to as the West Desert) is a large dry lake in northern Utah, United States, between the Great Salt Lake and the Nevada border. It is a subregion of the larger Great Basin Desert, and noted for white evaporite Lake Bonneville salt deposits including the Bonneville Salt Flats. [1]
The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere [1] and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. [2] It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substantial impact upon the local climate, particularly through lake-effect snow.
21 lip 2024 · Radio towers, the City Creek watershed and multiple other structures were threatened, Utah Fire Info — a combination of state and federal firefighting agencies — posted on social media. The Sandhurst Fire burns above Ensign Peak north of Salt Lake City on Saturday, July 20, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News.
The Unified Fire Authority of Greater Salt Lake provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the unincorporated Salt Lake County, Utah as well as for 9 cities located within the Salt Lake Metropolitan Area. [3]
Salt Lake City is surrounded by mountain wilderness to the East, and undeveloped grassland to the West. Both environments create extremely hazardous conditions when they catch fire. We have prepared for wild land fire by certifying the majority of our workforce to deal with this type of situation.
We are an ISO 1 rated fire department serving Salt Lake City residents and guests. Learn more about our commitment to the SLC community.
SDMFA is active in public service and training the community in fire prevention, CERT, first aid, CPR, and wildfire mitigation. They also provide station tours, business inspections, fire investigations and much more. VISIT www.sdmetrofire.org for more information.
