California is years behind in implementing a law to make homes more fire resistant
Reeling from destructive wildfires, including the deadliest in California history, state lawmakers in 2020 passed new ...
Fact-check: Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut $100 million in fire prevention?
Cal Fire’s total base wildfire protection budget has nearly tripled over the past 10 years, from $1.1 billion in 2014‑15 to ...
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Why Is California Years Behind in Implementing a Law to Make Homes More Fire Resistant?
A 2020 law aiming to make it harder for homes to burn during a wildfire was slated to take effect in 2023, but the board ...
Canada and Mexico Are Helping to Fight California Fires, Contrary to Meme
Canada and Mexico have sent firefighting crews to help battle the blazes in the Los Angeles area, and Ukraine also has ...
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Did California cut $100 million from its fire budget? Yes and no.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has launched California Fire Facts, a new webpage to combat misinformation and debunk rumours about the Los Angeles fires. Unfortunately, it doesn't offer quite as ...
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Inmates are fighting California wildfires: When did it start, how much do they get paid?
according to a Monday update from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as CalFire. Through the California Conservation (Fire) Camp Program, incarcerated people are ...
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What ‘Hotshot’ Reveals About the Life of California Wildland Firefighters
For more than six years, filmmaker Gabriel Kirkpatrick Mann embedded with a crew of wildland firefighters in California whose expertise is working with large, high-priority fires. Referred to as ...
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US forecasters warn of 'explosive fire growth' conditions amid deadly California wildfires
Of the three major fires still burning in the Los Angeles area, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, said Monday the Palisades Fire was 14% contained and has ...
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Officials investigating whether Southern California Edison equipment ignited Hurst fire
Fire agencies are investigating whether downed Southern California Edison utility ... according to the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. It was 89% contained and evacuation orders ...
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Fire engines built in West Michigan bound for California wildfires
At the HME Ahrens-Fox plant along Chicago Drive in Wyoming Wednesday, workers were finishing engines that will go to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (more commonly known ...
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Did a power utilities firm spark Eaton Fire? Four lawsuits filed against Southern California Edison
Attorneys argue the utility failed to de-energize power lines despite warnings. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is still investigating the fire's origin.
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What Sparked The California Wildfires? Experts Consider Power Lines, Fireworks—And Arson
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shows the causes of all four active fires are still under investigation, leading to unanswered questions about what could have caused some ...