CAL FIRE

Sacramento – As California continues to increase its focus on fire prevention and community readiness for wildfires, CAL FIRE has established the Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation Division within the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The new division follows the passage of Assembly Bill 9, authored by Assembly Member Jim Wood in 2021, which […]

Auburn –CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit (NEU) has secured funding for a direct funded grant with the purpose to mitigate the impacts from the damaging heavy storm event that began December 27th, 2021. The primary goal of the grant is to provide financial support to focus wildfire risk mitigation efforts on community protection, ingress, and egress. […]

Auburn – Each year CAL FIRE, in cooperation with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), the California Conservation Corps (CCC) and the California National Guard prepare and certify firefighting hand crews for fire season. CAL FIRE is hosting our annual Type I Fire Crew Certification Exercises this year at the Reader Ranch in […]

Auburn – Effective 8:00 a.m. Monday, April 18, 2022, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit (NEU) will require burn permits for residential burning within Nevada, Yuba, and Placer Counties. Residents wishing to burn MUST verify it is a permissive burn day prior to burning. For burn day information contact […]

Auburn – CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit (NEU) / Placer County Fire Department has secured almost $1M in a direct funded CAL FIRE grant with the purpose to mitigate the impacts from the damaging heavy storm event that began December 27th, 2021. More than 5000 hours and over 450 miles of road were cleared in Placer […]

The California Department of Forest and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is pleased to announce the availability of the Forest Management Handbook for Small-Parcel Landowners in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range. Family-owned forest lands make up about 20 percent, which is approximately 7 million acres, of California’s forests. Most of these acres are owned […]

CAL FIRE/Placer County Fire Department in conjunction with the City of Colfax will be performing a prescribed fire broadcast burn Tuesday and Wednesday March 22nd and 23rd, 2022, around the city’s infrastructure on approximately 17 acres. The projects’ objective is to further reduce the threat of wildfire to the City’s infrastructure. This proposed burn is […]

Monday, March 14th, 2022, CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit will be assisting Nevada County with vegetation treatment and fuels reduction at the Nevada County Airport off Loma Rica Drive in Grass Valley. Smoke may be visible in the Banner Mountain, Brunswick Road and Glenbrook Basin. CAL FIRE will be performing a prescribed fire broadcast burn along […]

The River Fire started in Placer County on August 4, 2021 at 1:59 PM. It burned a total of 2,619 acres and destroyed 142 residential structures in Placer and Nevada Counties. CAL FIRE Law Enforcement Investigators were immediately dispatched to the River Fire and began working to determine the origin and cause of the fire. […]

Auburn – CAL FIRE/Placer County Fire Department in conjunction with the City of Colfax will be performing a 6-acre prescribed fire broadcast burn Tuesday, March 1st, around the City’s infrastructure. The projects’ objective is to further reduce the threat of wildfire to the City’s infrastructure and surrounding community. This proposed burn is part of a […]

CAL FIRE is announcing up to $10 million in funding available for Wildfire Resilience Block Grants. Funding to support private forestland owners is provided through the Budget Act of 2021 and supports California’s goals of improved forest health, resilience to climate change, and reduced forestland impacts due to devastating wildfires as outlined in California’s Wildfire […]

Friday, February 11, 2022, the funeral procession for CAL FIRE Fire Captain Matt Brabo will take place in Roseville impacting traffic along the procession route. The procession will depart Chapel of the Valley at 97 Vernon St, Roseville at approximately 10:30 am. The procession will consist of CAL FIRE resources and family transport vehicles. The […]

Auburn – CAL FIRE/Placer County Fire Department is implementing a live fire operation near the Colfax Wastewater Treatment Plant property in Placer County. Weather conditions permitting, the burn will begin Tuesday February 8th at 10:00am. This burn will help reduce the fuel load while converting up to six acres of underbrush to native vegetation within […]

February 1, 2022 at 4:15 PM Per CAL FIRE NEU: The understory burn scheduled for Wednesday in Colfax is cancelled due to forecasted high winds. We are planning for Tuesday the 8th as a primary and Wednesday the 9th as a secondary date. Auburn – CAL FIRE/Placer County Fire Department is implementing a live fire […]

Butte County – Last year’s Dixie Fire in Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, and Tehama counties started on July 13, burned a total of 963,309 acres, destroyed 1,329 structures and damaged 95 additional structures. CAL FIRE investigators were dispatched to the Dixie Fire and began working to determine the origin and cause of the fire. After […]

Auburn – The CAL FIRE Grass Valley Crew will be conducting pile burning operations December 15th and 16th near Auburn on the Auburn State Recreation Area. The project is located near the State Park Headquarters and operations will be visible from Highway 49. This effort is conducted in cooperation with US Department of Interior, Bureau […]

Sacramento December 8, 2021 – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) announced the availability of up to $240 million for Fire Prevention and Forest Health grant projects. CAL FIRE is soliciting applications for projects that prevent catastrophic wildfires, protect communities, and restore forests to healthy, functioning ecosystems while also sequestering carbon […]