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In response to firefighter labor shortages during World War II, the Rainbow Conservation Camp was established as the first permanent fire camp, in 1946. It was modeled after New Deal Civilian Conservation Corps camps. The program grew to 16 camps throughout California in the 40s and 50s, including the first youth camps.
California Departent of Corrections inmate fire crews from Delta Conservation Camp work with Cal Fire to remove ground fuels and small trees along a road to help reduce the spread of fire in the ...
Commonly seen models of wildland engines include the Model 14, and 15. CAL FIRE Models 24 and 25 were test-bed models, with only a few of each model fielded. The newest versions of these engines are CAL FIRE model 34 (4WD) and 35 (2WD), manufactured by Placer Fire Equipment, Rosenbauer, and HME. Model 34/35's are currently being fielded statewide.
The 2007 California wildfire season saw at least 9,093 separate wildfires that charred 1,520,362 acres (6,152.69 km 2) of land. [1] Thirty of those wildfires were part of the Fall 2007 California firestorm, [5] which burned approximately 972,147 acres (about 3,934 km 2, or 1,520 mi 2) of land from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.–Mexico border. [6]
Inmate firefighters with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Fenner Canyon Conservation Camp walk on a trail while battling the Mountain Fire in Moorpark, Calif., on ...
Cal Fire Inmate Crew 5 demonstrates its fire-fighting skills in April by cutting a fire break at the Growlersburg Conservation Camp in Georgetown. The state has relied on inmates to staff its more ...
The firefighting effort was primarily administered by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). [1] The first fires started around 3:30 am on August 16, 2020, the result of a thunderstorm that produced close to 11,000 bolts of lightning and started hundreds of fires throughout California.
Five years ago today the Camp Fire ignited. It raged for more than two weeks, devastating the towns of Paradise, Concow and Magalia, killing 86 people and thousands of animals in the deadliest and ...