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The Cal OES Fire and Rescue Division, which coordinates the statewide response of fire mutual aid resources to all types of emergencies throughout the state, responded to more than 115 mutual aid incidents in 2004/05. The Fire & Rescue Division also houses the Hazardous Materials Section (Haz Mat).
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.
Fast-moving wildfires have burned homes and scorched more than 100,000 acres in a matter of days, leaving firefighting resources dangerously thin.
Greenacres (formerly, Green Acres) is a census-designated place [4] in Kern County, California. [2] It is located 6.25 miles (10 km) west of Bakersfield, [5] at an elevation of 381 feet (116 m). [2] The population was 5,566 at the 2010 census. Greenacres was founded in 1930. [5]
As of 7:46 p.m., the fire had burned 14,148 acres and was not contained, according to the latest incident update released by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
Active wildfires across California have consumed more than 626,000 acres as of Saturday, according to Cal Fire. California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for areas affected by two ...
Los Angeles County Lifeguards is a division of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The lifeguard operations safeguard 31 miles (50 km) of beach and 72 miles (116 km) of coastline, from San Pedro in the south, to Malibu in the north. [ 2 ]
This system was created in 1988, when California voters approved Proposition 103, and the first elected commissioner on the job, current congressman John Garamendi (D-Walnut Grove), put a ...