Cal Fire's updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...
Cal Fire Butte County warns against driving through flooded roads
Cal Fire Butte County has been busy with numerous rescue missions on flooded roadways, urging residents to heed the warning: ...
Update: Palisades Fire remains 100% contained, 23,706.6 acres destroyed in Los Angeles County
Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,706.6 acres after being active for ...
Cal Fire battalion chief back working in the Bay Area after fighting LA fires
He's back working in Napa now, but just a few weeks ago he was in the middle of the Eaton Fire in LA. Wettstein has been with ...
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Cal Fire’s predictions didn’t foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it’s changing its fire-hazard maps
Only 21% of properties within the Eaton fire perimeter were in Cal Fire’s “very high” fire hazard severity zones. Yet 94% of those properties had “severe” or “extreme” wildfire risk ...
As fire season grows, California senators push for more year-round firefighters
After LA fires, Senate President Mike McGuire proposes full-time firefighters to replace the current seasonal workforce ...
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FLOOD & FIRE RISK: Exploring the double-edged sword of San Diego's incoming storm
Heavy rains in the forecast have Southcrest residents worried as they remember last year’s historic floods, but CalFire officials say the moisture could bring some relief ...
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CAL FIRE, Butte County Search and Rescue responding to two water rescues for vehicles trapped in floodwaters
Crews from CAL FIRE Butte Unit and the Butte County Search and Rescue are responding to two water rescues near the Glenn ...
New state legislation would make seasonal CAL FIRE firefighters full time
Experts say wildfires in California are becoming closer and closer to a year-round threat and as the fire season lengthens, ...
Cal Fire uses augmented reality to train for emergencies
SACRAMENTO -- Stepping into a virtual world to stay safe in the real one, Cal Fire is using augmented reality technology to ...
Los Angeles' Eaton Fire is 100% contained, Cal Fire says
Containment measures the percentage of a fire's perimeter that firefighters have under control. Parts of the fire's interior ...
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Cal Fire’s updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
But in 2021, the state Legislature ordered Cal Fire to expand the mapping to include “high” hazard zones so the Legislature could apply fire-safety building regulations to the new “high ...