#CALFIRE contract #helicopter crash yesterday in the Sierra National Forest. Pilot treated and expected to be okay. #wildfires https://abc30.com/helicopter-crash-sierra-national-forest-under-investigation-tea-fire/13760527/

Smoke from fires in Northern Ca are starting to drift into #Butte County. High fire danger is expected with strong North winds starting tonight & lasting until Thursday. Equipment use is not recommended during the wind event to avoid starting a fire. #RedFlagWarning #BeReadyButte #wildfire #CalFire

Meanwhile, in Northern California, where we have abysmal to non-existent health care: Sustained exposure to wildfire smoke reducing life expectancy in parts of California: report | The Hill https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4175231-sustained-exposure-to-wildfire-smoke-reducing-life-expectancy-in-parts-of-california-report/ https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4175231-sustained-exposure-to-wildfire-smoke-reducing-life-expectancy-in-parts-of-california-report/amp/ #wildfire #ForestFire #humboldt #delnorte #forestfireindustrialcomplex #calfire

Land managers in the west, all the way to Washington DC, engaged in decades long pilfering of resources. Cut and run logging. Herbicides. Genetically modified super trees (epic failure). Destroying watersheds, forests and rivers along the way. Never any funds for forest health. No money to mitigate damage or prevention. Now an open checkbook to dump cash on the inevitable fires. Make it make sense. #calfire #ForestFire

“How the West was Lost” starring- Decades of Mismanagement, Corporate Raiders, The Forest Fire Industrial Complex, and sponsored by Global Warming. #ca #or #ForestFire #catastrophic #calfire #usfs

Around the turn of the century, the knowledge and technology existed at the same time to have healthy forests AND jobs out west. Capitalism chose “neither”. So now we import lumber while our forests burn and living things choke. The industry is now Cal Fire and the wild land fire fighters. A behemoth of limitless spending that even capitalism can’t say no to. Truly heartbreaking in nature and breathtaking in scope. #ForestFire #ca #or #wa #bc #calfire

Other incident #wildfire reports via #CalFire …#SKUAugustLightningComplexFire near Mayfield Cave Road in Siskiyou County is 746 acres and 20% contained. #CALFIRESKU

#CochraneFire near Hwy 101 and Cochrane Rd in Santa Clara County is 72 acres and 75% contained.
#calfireSCU

ABC7: "Firefighters stand at attention as the caskets of Assistant Chief Josh Bischof and Capt. Tim Rodriguez arrive at a mortuary in Menifee. " #CALFIRE #wildfires #helicopter #LODD #RIP https://abc7.com/cal-fire-firefighters-cabazon-procession/13629249/

Thoughts with the many people I know who knew these folks. #CALFIRE #wildfires #RIP #helicopter #accident

I am grief stricken for #CalFire this morning…at the loss of two Cal Fire firefighters and a contract helicopter pilot after the mid-air collision in #Cabazon, Riverside Co yesterday. My heartbroken condolences go out for the families and colleagues in the field. "We have lost three great individuals," Cal Fire Southern Region Chief David Fulcher said. "Three fathers, three husbands, three friends, three sons.
. https://www.foxla.com/video/1259932

Une collision en vol en Californie entre deux hélicoptères engagés contre un petit feu de la région de Cabazon a fait 3 victimes.

#feuxdeforet #CalFire #Skycrane #Crash

https://www.aerobuzz.fr/breves-aviation-generale/collision-en-vol-de-deux-helicopteres-pompiers-du-ciel-en-californie/

#CalFire Riverside morning update: #BonnyFire 08/01/23 #wildfire #CaliforniaWildfire

Via FirePhotoGirl ….Brandy Carlos, aka Fire Photo Girl, got this great vid of a #Calfire Grumman S-2T Type-3 Air Tanker with a payload of 1200 gallons. CF operates 23 of these aircraft from Air Attack Bases throughout our state. #BonnyFire #Wildfire #CaliforniaWildfire #avgeek #AvgeeksofMastodon

Here is #CalFire most recent update, from this morning, on the #BonnyFire which is the largest #wildfire in California at this time at approximately 2300 acres…#BonnyFire July 31, 2023 Operational Update - Operations Chief, Andrew Bennett and Public Information Officer, Ben Corral, with the Riverside County All Hazard Incident Management Team, provided a morning update on the fire:

#CoulsonAviation who is a contractor for #CalFire brought in NSWRFS 737 LAT 210 from Australia for the California Fire season…she is based at AAB McClellan, Sacramento (MCC)…here she is making a drop on the #bonnyfire near Anza, Ca #wildfire #Californiawildfire #avgeek #avgeeksofMastodon

#Calfire Air Attack aircraft showing how it is done…leading the Large Air Tanker to the Retardant drop…I respect these aircraft fire crews so much!…CalFire OV-10 AA501 leading in Neptune Aviation's Tanker 03 while battling the #bonnyfire #wildfire #californiawildfire #Avgeek

As the #CaliforniaWildfire season heats up this issue becomes heated too. California’s insurance challenges go back decades. They’ve come to the fore in the past five years, during which the five largest #wildfires in the state’s history have occurred, according to #CalFire…The solution? Here is one proposal… https://resilience.iii.org/resilience-blog/wildfires/california-needs-to-make-changes-to-address-its-climate-risk-crisis/

#Oroville, #ButteCounty / #California > The final touches are being made to a new #CalFire facility, the Table Mountain Fire Center , in preparation for crews to move in early to mid-August.

https://www.chicoer.com/2023/07/21/new-firefighter-training-center-to-fill-a-hole-in-south-butte-county/?utm_email=943D846974A3F478A42194D529&lctg=943D846974A3F478A42194D529&active=no&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.chicoer.com%2f2023%2f07%2f21%2fnew-firefighter-training-center-to-fill-a-hole-in-south-butte-county%2f&utm_campaign=norcal-chico-morning-report&utm_content=automated

Just learned about this #gofundme, and after reading it I’m angered that folks who’ve served our communities during their entire lives would be tested this way. Regardless if you choose to donate, it’s worth a read. When these agencies cry over funding g it difficult to recruit, they should be reminded of such situations for those who do answer the call.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/retired-firefighter-needs-help-assistance

#Medicare #CalFire #CalPers #retirement #scam

#Northbay #Wildfire #Calfire Many of the growing number of lookout cameras stationed across California to locate and monitor wildfires will soon be equipped with artificial intelligence technology to speed response to fires and other natural disasters as they first unfold.

Keeping a lookout
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