We are seeing conditions right now this year that are a month or two down the road, Cal Fire Chief Thom Porter said.
The agency warns Northern California is descending into a deep drought, which could make this wildfire season more destructive than last year.
The state is shelling out $150 million in grants to thin out fire-fueling vegetation such as dying pine trees. Cal Fire is using emergency funding to hire thousands of firefighters this season.
Cal Fire and Cal OES kicked off Wildfire Preparedness Week by urging homeowners to harden their homes against dangerous embers spread by wildfires.
Due to this year’s dry conditions, the Moraga-Orinda Fire District pushed their vegetation abatement deadline two weeks earlier, giving homeowners less time to remove dead brush from their property.
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As wildfire season approaches, simple tasks like trimming back trees, shrubs and bushes and creating defensible space around a home or business can help make neighborhoods and communities safer. Recognizing California’s Wildfire Preparedness Week, customers, neighborhoods and towns can take a hands-on approach to wildfire preparedness this spring.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) Safety Action Center website offers easy-to-use educational videos and visual guides with tips on how to create defensible space, which is the buffer area between a home and any vegetation or material that could fuel a wildfire. (Graphic: Business Wire)
Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) Safety Action Center website offers easy-to-use educational videos and visual guides with tips on how to create defensible space, which is the buffer area between a home and any vegetation or material that could fuel a wildf
As dry, windy weather rears head, state firefighters want residents on high alert
This week marks Wildfire Preparedness Week; state crews are taking advantage by hosting wildfire preparedness events.
The first will be Monday morning in Orinda at the East Bay Municipal Utility District near the San Pablo Reservoir.
Local agencies are already working to spread awareness. In the Moraga Orinda district, the fire department created a pilot ambassador program, where volunteers will go door to door to help spread wildfire awareness education.
Parts of California are under a red flag warning, including Solano County.
Crews there spent the weekend fighting fires; the state has already seen more than 1,300 fires.