How Southern California fire and rescue have prepared for El Niño

Concrete barriers are set against flood debris in Glendora on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016. Persistent wet conditions could put some Los Angeles County communities at risk of flash flooding along with mud and debris flows, especially in wildfire burn areas. El Niño storms lined up in the Pacific, promising to drench parts of the West for more than two weeks and increasing fears of mudslides and flash floods in regions stripped bare by wildfires.

To help alleviate some of the disasters that can be triggered by El Niño, So Cal fire departments have prepared to help those put in danger by the storms.

Southern California's rain has momentarily lightened up, giving us a break from the deluge that El Niño brought yesterday.

Nowhere was that down pour more obvious than when the Five freeway and other roads flooded.

To help alleviate some of the disasters that can be triggered by El Niño, Southern California fire and rescue departments have been preparing to do what they can to help those put in danger by the storms.

For more on what they're doing to keep roadways and homes safe, Take Two's A Martinez spoke to Dennis O'Shea captain of the water rescue cadre in Ventura County.