The Daytona Beach News-Journal25d
How Flagler-Volusia use prescribed burns to help prevent wildfires like those in 1998
Michael Tucker, Flagler County’s Fire and Rescue chief, said in an interview this week it was “heartbreaking” to see people who have lost their lives in the Los Angeles fires (27 so far ...
Jewish Journal11d
Israeli Firefighters’ Reflections on Helping Out Los Angeles
The mission was orchestrated by the office of the Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles in conjunction with the Emergency ...
NBC 6 South Florida28d
Hundreds of California inmates are fighting the Los Angeles fires. Here's how much they get paid
the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It consists of 35 minimum-security facilities, or camps, in more than two dozen California ...
USA Today28d
Inmates are fighting California wildfires: When did it start, how much do they get paid?
The California conservation or fire camp program is jointly run by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CalFire, and Los Angeles County Fire Department. The camps are ...
Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles blazes rage on
As firefighters continue to battle raging fires across Los Angeles County, a cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department 2025 budget and its commitment to recruiting a more diverse force have come under ...
Fire crews in Los Angeles brace for more heavy winds; at least 24 killed, thousands of buildings lost
Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures, officials said, ...
L.A.’s fire chief generated controversy — and fierce loyalty — while the city burned
Critics of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley — a gay woman leading an overwhelmingly male department — call her a “DEI ...
CNN29d
Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles blazes rage on
As firefighters continue to battle raging fires across Los Angeles County, a cut to the Los ... payroll processing, training, fire prevention, and community education.” The memo also pointed ...
kcra.com26d
NorCal tribal fire department joins fight against LA fires
RIGOROUS FIRE TRAINING IN THE CAPE VALLEY ... TRIBES CAN’T SUPPORT GOING OUT LIKE THIS TRIBE HAS. AND YOLO COUNTY MARICELA DE LA CRUZ KCRA THREE NEWS. IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT TRAINING AN ...
KUTV23d
LA fire lines: Inmates shoulder heavy packs, tackle dangerous work for less than $30/day
California began training inmates to help fight wildfires ... the state forestry department and the Los Angeles County fire department operate 35 "fire camps" where inmates can become certified ...
Los Angeles Times19d
Hughes fire scorches more than 10,000 acres near Castaic; thousands flee
The veteran prosecutor, whose wife is a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy ... District principals who were at a training meeting when the Hughes fire broke out were told to immediately return ...
KTLA28d
Former shelter dogs on the front lines of Los Angeles wildfire search efforts
Teams that have been deployed include: Jon Munguia & Clifford of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Josh Davis ... search rubble in a training exercise at Search Dog Foundation in Santa ...