Explore options for new building materials or affordable retrofitting options that enhance your home’s defense against wildfires in California. CAL FIRE works year-round to promote healthy forests and protect communities by removing overgrown vegetation through prescribed fire, tree thinning, pruning, chipping, and roadway clearance.

Ongoing emergency responses in California, including all 10+ acre wildfires. The information presented here reflects what is known to CAL FIRE and is updated frequently. Learn more about data processing.

Jan 13, 2025 · California launched a strategic plan on beneficial fire to expand the use of prescribed fire and cultural burning to build forest and community resilience. Key goals from the plan are already in action to increase the use of prescribed fires, and prescribed fire activity has nearly doubled between 2021 and 2023. Tracking wildfire prevention.

Jan 30, 2025 · The most recent update from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said that firefighters are on the scene working toward 100 percent containment.

Jan 28, 2025 · California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) a. Main state entity involved in wildfire response. Main entity responsible for protecting State Responsibility Areas, which cover about one‑third of the state’s acreage and mostly include privately owned wildlands. Governor’s Office of Emergency Services

Oct 10, 2024 · (South Lake Tahoe, CA)- The Governor’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) unveiled several new tools today to help California track and communicate the state’s significant progress in improving wildfire and landscape resilience.

CAL FIRE Serves and Safeguards the People and Protects the Property and Resources of California. 455,344 Total Emergency Responses

Public Resources Code 4201-4204 directs the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to map fire hazard within State Responsibility Areas (SRA) based on fuel loading, slope, fire weather, and other relevant factors present, including areas where winds have been identified by the department as a major cause of wildfire spr...

5 days ago · Roughly 4,000 acres of the 14,021-acre blaze covered urban and residential blocks, the operations section chief on the fire, Jed Gaines of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ...

Nov 22, 2024 · The men and women of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) are dedicated to the fire protection and stewardship of over 31 million acres of California's privately-owned wildlands.