Swain explained that due to human-caused climate change, temperature extremes are climbing higher and the vegetation is drier, which affects fire behavior. Marcio Jose Sanchez/APĬalifornia's new normal: How the climate crisis is fueling wildfires and changing life in the Golden State He said backpackers, campers and hikers needed to be taken out by helicopter because the fire had or could overrun paths to safety.Ī burned out vehicle is left in front of a fire- ravaged residence as smoke fills the sky on Saturday, August 22, in Boulder Creek, California. The biggest thing is this fire ended up escalating very rapidly,” Hall said. “There are definitely a lot of challenges floating out there. Tuesday’s rescues, which also took 16 dogs to safety, came after hundreds of other people were airlifted from the forest over the weekend. Helicopter crews Tuesday airlifted at least 148 people who had been trapped by the Creek Fire, one of many wildfires that rage in the Golden State when scorching weather conditions threaten even more.
David Hall told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that about 385 people and 27 animals have been rescued over the past few days. The California Army National Guard colonel in charge of rescuing Sierra National Forest visitors from the fast-moving Creek Fire told CNN on Tuesday airlifts are going extremely well.Ĭol. They suffered burns and smoke inhalation and were taken to a Fresno hospital, said Chris Barth of the Bureau of Land Management. Three firefighters were hurt, one critically, while battling the Dolan Fire in California’s central coast. “We have 150 million trees that died in the southern Sierra several years ago, and those are fueling the Creek Fire, which is the biggest and most concerning fire to us right now,” he said. The Creek Fire racing through the mountains of Central California is being fueled by dead trees and has grown to more than 143,000 acres and destroyed an estimated 60 homes. “We have fires burning in the north part of the state all the way down to the Mexican border, about 800 miles between the furthest distant fires, so we’re stretched across the landscape,” Porter said of his crews. According to Porter, many of the fires will continue to grow and remain “uncontrollable until we have a weather change.” We’ve had an additional, at least, two that have occurred just in the day today,” Porter told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.Ĭal Fire said earlier that more than 2.2 million acres have been scorched across the Golden State so far this year, a state record. We have now, as of this morning, 25 major fires.
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The mission of the Administration Bureau is to strive for excellence when managing the administrative needs of the District and to provide the best and most professional service to the residents of the District.More than two dozen large wildfires raging across California after an extreme heat wave have created a “dire situation,” Thom Porter, chief of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said Tuesday.
The Administration Bureau also has (1) Clerk of the Board, who handles the daily administrative needs of the District’s Board of Directors and the administration of the Communities Facilities District (1) District Finance Analyst, who handles account payables and receivables, payroll, and helps to manage the District’s budget (2) Personnel Specialists that provide support to the District’s Schedule A Personnel with regards to salary and benefit questions (1) Office Technician who provides administrative support to the Fire Chief, helps with the administration of the Paid Call Firefighter Program and is the first person to greet the public when they walk into the Front Desk Reception area.
The Administrative Officer reports directly to the Fire Chief and supervises and the Administration Bureau support staff and is responsible for the development and management of the District’s Annual Budget and CAL FIRE Agreement. Email: Administration Bureau manages the human resources and finances for the Fresno County Fire Protection District.
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