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Redding City Council talks First Responder Fee and water conversation The Redding City Council approved charging people $326 if they are treated by the Redding Fire Department. Posted: Jul 21, 2021 5:47 PM Updated: Jul 21, 2021 5:51 PM Posted By: Ana Torrea REDDING, Calif. - At Tuesday’s Redding City Council meeting, the city council approved an ordinance that would charge people a $326 fee if they’re treated or assessed by the Redding Fire Department. A city staff report states the fee would generate nearly $400,000 to the city, which would go back to the general fund. Bradley Giorgie ...

Goats help with fuels reduction in Redding The City of Redding is using goats to cut down on wildfire fuels. Posted: Jul 15, 2021 6:23 PM Updated: Jul 16, 2021 10:17 AM Posted By: Ana Torrea REDDING, Calif. - The City of Redding is looking to an unusual workforce to cut down on wildfire fuels. People might have seen a herd of goats hard at work in spots within Redding, chomping away at some dry grass. It’s the Goat Task Force hard at work. “What the goats do is they take care of those light flashy fuels,” Redding Fire Marshal Craig Wittner said. “They graze the grasses and the weed...

Person injured in Redding building fire The Redding Fire Department responded to a structure fire in Redding on Monday afternoon. Posted: Jul 12, 2021 7:05 PM Updated: Jul 13, 2021 10:17 AM Posted By: Chloe Curtis REDDING, Calif. - The Redding Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire off Lake Blvd. at approximately 2 p.m. on Monday, according to the Redding Fire Department. There were exterior flames and smoke coming from the attic of the building. Initial reports suggested that a person might still be inside of the building. The first crew that arrived at the scene searched...

Two acre fire breaks out near Quartz Hill road A small two acre vegetation fire has broken out near Quartz Hill road Posted: Jul 7, 2021 3:13 PM Posted By: Ryan Kanne 1 Images BERRY CREEK, Calif. - CAL FIRE Shasta Trinity Unit is at the scene of a two acre mutual threat zone vegetation fire with the Redding Fire Department. The fire is on Quartz Hill Road and the structure threat has been mitigated.  Quartz Hill Road is currently closed to all traffic in both directions between Snow Lane and Terra Nova Drive due to the Quartz Fire, the Redding Police Department said.

Residents and businesses were evacuated in the area of Masonic Ave in Redding due to a vegetation fire.