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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.
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 ...
California State Prison, Los Angeles County: LAC Los Angeles: 1993 Yes 2,300 3,158 137.3% California State Prison, Sacramento: SAC Sacramento: 1986 1,828 2,363 129.3% California State Prison, Solano: SOL Solano: 1984 2,610 3,752 143.8% California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran: SATF Kings: 1997 Yes 3,424 4,844 141.5%
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) runs 44 conservation camps (also known as fire camps) jointly with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The conservation camp program mission is to "support state, local and federal government agencies ...
OAKLAND, Calif.—Among the thousands of firefighters battling the wildfires scorching the state are volunteer inmates who work alongside them in the smoke and heat. This decades-old system would ...
Michael Thomas, 27, who was trained at the Cuesta Conservation Fire Camp in San Luis Obispo, Calif., was part of the inmate fire crew from 2018 to 2019, and said inmates risked their lives on ...
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.
The inmate workforce performs critical fuel-reduction projects year-round and are at times in the path of fires. California's inmate firefighter crews are dwindling just as the state starts to ...