A helicopter assisting with operations in the Fairview fire near Hemet crashed while attempting to land at the Banning Airport, fire officials...
READ MOREWestern Fires Outpace CA Effort to Fill Inmate Crews
by Dan Landrigan | Aug 22, 2022 | News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires rage across California each year, exhausted firefighters call for reinforcements from wherever they can...
READ MOREApparent Human Bones Found During Los Angeles (CA) Brush Fire
by Dan Landrigan | Aug 19, 2022 | News
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fire crews battling a brush fire in Los Angeles discovered bones that appeared to be human remains. The fire scorched just...
READ MORECA Office of Emergency Services to Staff Strike Teams with National Guard Soldiers
by Dan Landrigan | Aug 19, 2022 | Firefighting, News
California is launching a program where strike teams will be staffed with National Guard soldiers. The program will rollout this summer, and...
READ MORENational Park Service Fire Lookout, 74, Killed When McKinney (CA) Fire Overruns Her
by Dan Landrigan | Aug 10, 2022 | News
Kathy Shoopman, 74, the Buckhorn fire lookout at the Klamath National Forest died Friday in the McKinney fire. Shoopman began her service as a...
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