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The Valley Fire was a wildfire during the 2015 California wildfire season that started on September 12 in Lake County, California. [1] It began shortly after 1:00 pm near Cobb with multiple reports of a small brush fire near the intersection of High Valley and Bottlerock Roads.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) [3] [4] is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California.It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state's private and public forests.
Insurers agreed to return to the high-risk fire zones in the hills and canyons of California in exchange for concessions that will make it easier for them to get rate increases approved.
The Fire Safe California Grants Clearinghouse (AKA Grants Clearinghouse) was created by the members of the California Fire Alliance (now called preventwildfireca.org) in order to facilitate the process of applying for Federal grants to do wildfire prevention projects on private lands in California. This process is also referred to as "one-stop ...
Senate Bill 610 seeks to repeal current rules that classify state and local lands into 'moderate,' 'high' and 'very high' fire hazard severity zones.
A FIRE economy is any economy based primarily on the finance, insurance, and real estate sectors. [1] Finance, insurance, and real estate are United States Census Bureau classifications. Barry Popik describes some early uses as far back as 1982. [2] Since 2008, the term has been commonly used by Michael Hudson [1] and Eric Janszen. [3]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut funding for wildfire and forest resilience by more than $100 million just months before the wildfires currently ravaging Los Angeles broke out, according to a report.
Northern California and the Central Valley saw drastic increases in air pollutants during the height of the July and August fires, while Southern California also experienced an increase in air pollution in August. [45] Air quality in Northern and Central California remained poor until mid-September 2018, when fire activity was drastically ...