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Christmas trees usually outlive their usefulness after Dec. 25, and fire officials want residents to properly dispose of them after the holidays. But that doesn't mean leaving them on the sidewalk for days until they're picked up by the garbage man.
Linda Martinez GOD BLESS ALL YOU BRAVE MEN.....HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
California Fire Alliance Fire season is year-round in California. Make sure to “Take Responsibility” and protect your home this winter and have a fire safe holiday season.
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After the recent soaking, San Diego County's 2009 fire season appears to have fizzled without ever really igniting.
California Fire Alliance Calling themselves Forest Guards, the youngsters, in partnership with Sony Europe, came up with the concept of an early wildfire detection system. The idea was to identify large forest fires more quickly using a network of solar powered CCTV cameras mounted on poles, linked to citizen fire watchers over the web, to off...er a picture of the warning signs of wildfires before they manage to spread.
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Representatives of Fire Safe Councils and fire departments got together at the Fortuna Volunteer Fire Department on Thursday and Friday of last week for a conference on fuel reduction and other forest matters.
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Santa Monica Mountains Community Wildfire Protection Plan is now in development. follow the Link:
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If you live the area please participate in protecting your community. If you would like to participate in your local CWPP contact your local Fire ...Department or Fire Safe Council. The information can be found at cafirealliance.com (JA)
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A host of federal, state and local government agencies and other organizations are providing information related to the California wildfires. Here is a list of online resources.
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SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco-owned Hetch Hetchy Water and Power has agreed to pay $7 million to the federal government to settle suits over fires on federal lands the utility uses.
California Fire Alliance Register now for the 2010 California Interagency FirePrevention/Mitigationand Education Conference on May 3-6th, 2010 at the Agua Caliente ResortinRancho Mirage. Dont miss out...we have numerous outstanding speakersconfirmed for the conference. Dr. Ron Hodgson will be the Key notespeaker,Esperanza Fire Investigation-ar...rest and murder trial, Ember Bloom andStructure Ignitability, Grant writing and much, much more. ^JJ
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The Pacific Southwest Regional Office is located at 1323 Club Drive, Vallejo, CA 94592. The Phone number is 707.562.8737. The TTY number is 707-457-3794.
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LOS ANGELES — Estimated damage to Los Angeles County infrastructure and other costs resulting from three summer wildfires now total $19.8 million.
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A wave of storms is moving through Southern California, causing morning fender benders and snarling traffic, and prompting new mudslide concerns about fire-ravaged areas in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. An overnight rain shower dumped about a half...
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Will it be fire, flood and or mud? That's the norm here in the Golden State as Nine Los Angeles canyon homes were evacuated Monday and people in nearby foothill communities are getting ready to flee.
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Mandatory evacuations were issued this afternoon for parts of Big Tujunga Canyon and Haines Canyon as officials anticipated heavy afternoon and evening rains that could cause mudslides in areas burned during the Station fire. Officers with the Los Angeles Police...
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RENO, Nev. -- Graham Kent, Nevada Seismological Laboratory director at the University of Nevada, Reno is leading the installation, testing and maintenance of a novel way to monitor forests fires and other environmental data with the prototype of a new camera system developed by Sony-Europe.
