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The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) [2] [3] 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.
Arnold was saved when the weather changed, but the fire caused an increased focus on fire safety, although the community was still, in 2019, considered a "very high fire hazard severity zone" due to its location on a ridge outside Calaveras Big Trees State Park, surrounded by dense forest of trees killed by drought and beetles. [3]
A map of evacuation orders and warnings for the Palisades Fire in California, as of Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Areas in red are under evacuation orders and areas in yellow are under evacuation warnings.
A map of evacuation orders and warnings for the Palisades Fire in California, as of 8:30 a.m. PT on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. Areas in red are under evacuation orders and areas in yellow are under ...
Fire safe councils are grassroots community-based organizations in California that share the objective of making communities less vulnerable to catastrophic wildfire.Fire safe councils accomplish this objective through education programs and projects such as shaded fuel breaks or firebreaks to protect area residents against an oncoming wildfire and to provide firefighters with a place to fight ...
The utility company’s equipment has been blamed for sparking some of the worst fires in state history, including the 2018 Camp Fire that devastated Paradise, and PG&E Corp. has been found liable ...
The Los Angeles Fire Department on the scene of a fire in the Bradbury Building, Downtown Los Angeles in 1947 The Newport Beach Fire Department's Engine 63 at the training facility in Newport Beach Fire Station#1 of the Riverside Fire Department, circa 1910, at the corner of 8th and Lime Streets (8th Street is now University Avenue) The San Francisco Fire Department's Fireboat Guardian stands ...
The Electra Fire was a wildfire that burned northeast of Mokelumne Hill in Amador and Calaveras Counties, California that started on July 4, 2022. The wildfire burned a total of 4,478 acres (1,812 ha) and was fully contained on July 28, 2022.