EVENING UPDATES - CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department battled 3 significant vegetation fires throughout Riverside County. Fire Captain Richard Cordova, PIO Tawny Castro and Fire Captain Thomas Shoots provide updates on each fire. #RecheFire - 437 Acres 5% Contained #HighlandFire - 105 Acres 20% Contained #RabbitFire - 2,815 Acres 0% Contained All Acreages and Containments in the video are as of 8:30 p.m. Please continue to follow @CALFIRERRU for updates and information on each of these fir

CAL FIRE updates fire map, majority of San Diego in high-risk fire zones

CAL FIRE updates fire map, majority of San Diego in high-risk fire zones

19 accredited Fire Academies in California - FFG

Skills training begins at the Unit, but the Firefighter Academy (FFA) is where our personnel earn statewide certification. Attending a FFA at one of the CAL FIRE Training Centers allow firefighters to: 🔸Validate tactical skills through testing. 🔸 Develop leadership for career progression. 🔸 Meet the department’s highest operational standards. #CALFIRE #FirefighterTraining #StatewideCertification #CareerPath #Leadership | CAL FIRE

This weekend, CAL FIRE LNU teams up to teach two Driver/Operator 1A courses across the Unit. This course provides our firefighters with the required training to obtain their firefighter endorsement for their driver’s license, an important step toward becoming eligible for promotion to Fire Apparatus Engineer (FAE) with CAL FIRE. Our Sonoma County crews are assisting at the class hosted by Santa Rosa Junior College, while our Lake County crews are supporting the course at South Lake County Fire P

Fact-checking misinformation about the Los Angeles wildfires and California water policy

California wildfires: What we know about L.A.-area fires, what caused them, who is affected and more