Firebirds Reveal First Responder Jersey; Auction Will Benefit CAL Fire Foundation
The First Responder jersey is decorated with the Riverside County crest patch on the upper right chest and the CAL Fire logo ...
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Cal Fire’s updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
But in 2021, the state Legislature ordered Cal Fire to expand the mapping to include “high” hazard zones so the Legislature could apply fire-safety building regulations to the new “high ...
Los Angeles Times12d
Cal Fire’s predictions didn’t foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it’s changing its fire-hazard maps
Only 21% of properties within the Eaton fire perimeter were in Cal Fire’s “very high” fire hazard severity zones. Yet 94% of those properties had “severe” or “extreme” wildfire risk ...
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Cal Fire battalion chief back working in the Bay Area after fighting LA fires
One of those firefighters was Battalion Chief Rob Wettstein, a Cal Fire crew member in Napa County. "We like to say we're always ready for every single incident, but I think in essence no one is ...
Fox News26d
Residents evacuated as brush fire threatens homes near San Diego
CalFire San Diego confirmed that they were assisting the City of Poway, which is 34 miles from San Diego, with a vegetation fire near Pomerado Road and Ted Williams Parkway that broke out around 1 ...
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New state legislation would make seasonal CAL FIRE firefighters full time
The January Southern California firestorm highlighted a chilling truth, and the dates of other CAL FIRE wildfire declarations hammer it home. There is truly no longer a wildfire season here in ...
East Bay Times9d
CAL FIRE firefighters could become year-round employees, new bill proposes
A newly proposed state bill with bipartisan support would keep CAL FIRE firefighters employed year-round — and help with staffing issues, its supporters said. The Fight for Firefighters Act ...
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California Politics
5, 2022. A Cal Fire report released in November 2023 said sparks from the contact between a sagging Southern California Edison line and another line caused the fire. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope ...
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Fire Hazard Maps Changing after Altadena, CA, Inferno
CAL FIRE's maps only showed a ring of “very high” red hazard in the wildlands next to Altadena, with the vast majority of the city unmarked. Entire blocks of homes in Altadena were destroyed ...
Los Angeles Daily News13d
LA mayor says Palisades fire checkpoints will remain open
LOS ANGELES — Mayor Karen Bass announced Saturday night the checkpoints restricting access to the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades will not end Sunday as previously reported with the help of ...