I read this morning about 15 volunteers losing their positions at the department for recieving pay for going on wildland fire assignments and recieving pay....
I was reading in one of the local newspapers out of Lassen County and saw that volunteers were terminated for getting paid for going out of county on wildland...
Heard that there was a 30-50 acre fire in the Camptonville area. Ended puting smokejumpers on it yesterday evening. Lots of smoke and not much flames. Is this...
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I-80 has re-opened with CHP escorts. Still waiting on updates from the accident itself. Channel-4 Reno TV had a small posting on their website about an hour...
this is between the levee and Feather River Yuba City (Sutter County). 15-20 acres, heavy brush and trees. Flame length in some places is 40-60ft with 15 mph...
I have a question for online scanner feed providers around the state. But first, a little backstory. Lately I have had several run-ins with individuals and...
I jsut came across this article on yahoo news about a a plane crash with 14 to 17 people on board the plane with children. The flight orignated out of...
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 534 PM PST SAT JAN 10 2009 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-120200- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN...
Hi Group, I feel like I've sort of deserted the group here. I was completely blown away with the volume of fires this summer in Butte county and the north...
Just received this from another group I belong to, am passing it along (with no comment from me included) Yahoo is Tracking Group Members If you belong to ANY...
I wish everybody here a Merry Christmas 2008 & Happy New Year 2009 ! -- Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/californiadisasters/ Check out my blog at...
Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year. Here's my Christmas E-Card to all of you! http://vimeo.com/440868 -- John "Smokey Behr" Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE ...
does anyone know where all the smoke is coming from that is over placerville today? planned burns? peace from kathy support our troops; end the war john...
Monday marks the end of Fire Season 2008 for Shasta/Trinity Unit and Tehama/Glenn Unit. I haven't seen a press release for Butte, but typically they follow...
Sayre Incident, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County The Sayre Incident began on 11/14/08 at approximately 2249 hours in an unincorporated area near Sylmar...
Expect heavy traffic on the following highways during the below closures: SR126 between Castaic and Ventura SR118 between SR23 and I-210 US101 between Ventura...
04:42 update Fire has now jumped both I-210 at Yarnell, and I-5 at Balboa; trying to get anyone for structure protection at Balboa & Foothill, and Balboa &...
Structure fire vicinity Dunstone x Foothill. 4688 Foothill Blvd. Second alarm and CHP to close Foothill requested. Sounds pretty busy up there. Multiple...
Thursday, October 30, 2008 PLACERVILLE, Calif. -- Several controlled burns in the El Dorado National Forest are filling the skies with smoke in the Sierra...
