CAL FIRE Aviation Operations will be conducting both fixed and rotary wing training in and around both Placer and Nevada Counties beginning this week and over the next three months weather and fire activity permitting. Rotary Wing Training Operations Our Helicopter Operations Division will be starting our phased S-70i Blackhawk nighttime training operations program this […]
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Butte County Fire Engine Stolen, Found Abandoned
Butte County, Calif. November 18, 2020 – Yesterday between 3:30 and 6:00 pm, a break-in occurred at Butte County Volunteer Fire Station #60 in Brush Creek. The fire engine, normally staffed by volunteer firefighters, was stolen along with other miscellaneous fire department equipment. The engine was driven through the door of the apparatus bay causing […]
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Looking for Information on the Skyway Fire
Butte County August 30, 2020 – At approximately 1:25 pm today, multiple fires were reported on the lower Skyway near Oak Ridge Drive. CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire Department investigators are asking for help from the community for additional information about these fires. Investigators would like to talk to anyone who was in the area of […]
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CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire Department Respond to Multiple Fires
Butte County, August 17, 2020 – CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire Department firefighters, with help from surrounding agencies, are responding to multiple fires this morning as a result of 1,500 lightning strikes that hit the Northern Region. The first fire was reported early this morning, August 17, 2020. Since then, there have been several confirmed lightning […]
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CAL FIRE Investigator Issues Citation for Bangor Fire
Butte County, Calif. July 15, 2020 – On Thursday, July 9, the Bangor fire burned 2.52 acres of grass and oak woodland off Oro Bangor Highway. A CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire Department investigator determined the fire was caused by a riding lawnmower blade hitting a rock, creating a spark. The responsible party was mowing in […]
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Japanese Firefighters Training in Butte County this week
Butte County February 25, 2020 – This week, CAL FIRE-Butte County Fire Department is hosting 10 professional firefighters from Japan. Firefighters from throughout Japan are being instructed by CAL FIRE/BCFD firefighters in the many strategies and tactics of fighting residential structure fires. Takahiro Sato, the liaison for this training, is excited on how this training […]
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Camp Fire Anniversary
Butte County, Calif. November 8, 2019 – November 8, 2018 is a day that forever changed the Town of Paradise, Butte County and California. One year later, we remember the deadliest and most destructive fire in California’s history. Over 18 days last fall, the Camp Fire burned 153,336 acres across Butte County. It destroyed 18,804 […]
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Updated: CAL FIRE makes Arson Arrest in Butte County
Updated on October 1, 2019 at 3:10 PM with additional details released by CAL FIRE. Oroville, Calif. October 1, 2019 – On October 1, 2019 at approximately 7:00 am, CAL FIRE Law Enforcement Officers arrested Jeremy Gendreau, age 35, of Oroville, for allegedly committing multiple counts of arson to forest land during a proclaimed State […]
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CAL FIRE Investigators Arrest Suspected Arsonist in Oroville
Butte County, Calif. August 8, 2019 – A suspected arsonist has been arrested for allegedly setting a grass fire Wednesday morning on Olive Highway near the Gold Country Casino in Oroville. Aubree Hudson, 33, of Oroville was arrested on one count of arson to forest land and was booked into Butte County Jail. CAL FIRE […]
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Control Burn Scheduled Near Oroville Wildlife Area
Butte County May 28, 2019 – CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire Department, in cooperation with California Department of Fish and Wildlife and California Department of Water Resources will be conducting a 30-acre control burn at the Rabe Road Shooting Range on Tuesday, May 28th, beginning around 9:00 a.m. The vegetation management project (VMP) burn will provide […]
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Burn Permits Required in Butte County Starting May 1
Butte County, Calif. April 24, 2019 – Residents in the unincorporated areas of Butte County will be required to have a burn permit beginning Wednesday, May 1st to burn dooryard debris. Burn permits are available at no charge from all CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire stations. “Done properly and carefully, pile burning can be an effective […]
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Fire Cause Released for 2017 Wall Fire
Butte County Calif. April 5, 2019 – – CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire investigators have released the cause of the Wall Fire that destroyed 41 homes and damaged 3 others in southeast Butte County. The blaze was determined to have been started by a defective electrical panel at a residence on Chinese Wall Road north of […]
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Darren Read Retires as Butte Unit Chief
Butte County January 11, 2019 – Butte Unit Chief Darren Read is retiring, effective January 11, 2019. Chief Read has led CAL FIRE’s Butte Unit since 2016. Chief Read entered the fire service in 1983 as a Fire Explorer with the City of Oroville Fire Department. In January 1987, he became a Volunteer Firefighter for […]
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Two arrested for burglary of a fire station during Camp Fire
Butte County November 19, 2018 – Two suspects have been arrested in conjunction with the burglary of a CAL FIRE station during the Camp Fire. Robert DePalma and William Erlbacher, both of Concow, have been arrested on five felony counts ranging from alleged vehicle theft to looting during an emergency and possession of stolen property. […]
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Control Burn Scheduled at Butte Fire Center in Magalia on Wednesday
Butte County, October 2, 2018 – CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire Department will be conducting a 8-acre control burn on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at the CAL FIRE Butte Fire Center on Steiffer Road in Magalia. The control burn will begin around 9:00 a.m. and last most of the day. The control burn will provide training […]
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Citation issued for the Oregon Fire in Butte County
Butte County June 17, 2018 – CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire Department Fire Prevention investigators have issued a citation to Tracy Hinton, age 57. Mr. Hinton is allegedly responsible for the ignition of the Oregon Fire, which blackened 40 acres of oak woodland in the area of Oregon Gulch Road near the community of Cherokee north […]
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Burn Permits Suspended in Butte County
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. June 7, 2018 – After another wet winter, warming temperatures and winds are quickly drying out the abundant annual grass crop. The increasing fire danger posed by the high volume of dead grass and hotter, drier conditions in the region is prompting CAL FIRE to suspend all burn permits for outdoor residential […]
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CAL FIRE control burn scheduled in Magalia on Wednesday May 16
Butte County, Calif. May 15, 2018 – CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire Department will be conducting a 15-acre control burn on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at the CAL FIRE Butte Fire Center on Steiffer Road in Magalia. The control burn will begin at 10:00 a.m. and last most of the day. The control burn will provide […]
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Burn Permits Required May 1st in Butte County
Butte County April 26, 2018 – Residents in the unincorporated areas of Butte County will be required to have a burn permit beginning Tuesday, May 1st to burn dooryard debris. Burn permits are available at no charge from all CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire stations. “Control burns are an excellent way to eliminate unwanted vegetation on your […]
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Time To Test Your Smoke Alarms
Butte County, Calif. March 8, 2018 – Daylight Savings Time begins March 11, and that means it’s time to set your clocks forward one hour. But that’s not the only household item that needs your attention this time of year. It’s time to test your smoke alarms too. In the past, it was recommended that […]