CAL 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 […]

Sacramento – If harnessing your inner chef with creative culinary skills this Thanksgiving is at the top of your holiday to-do list, make sure you don’t leave your cooking area unattended so that cooking accidents can be avoided. According to FEMA’s National Data Center, cooking is the leading cause of all Thanksgiving Day fires and […]

Auburn October 23, 2021 – Effective Monday, October 25, 2021, at 8:00 a.m. the burn suspension in Nevada, Yuba, Placer and Sierra Counties will be lifted. CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit Chief Brian Estes is formally cancelling the burn suspension and advises residents that they may resume open burning on permissible burn days. Agriculture burns within […]

The Bridge Fire started on September 5, 2021 at 12:50 PM and burned a total of 411 acres in the Auburn State Recreation Area. CAL FIRE/Placer County Fire Department Law Enforcement Investigators have determined this fire to be arson. This is an active case, and CAL FIRE Law Enforcement continues to work on determining the […]

Auburn – CAL FIRE / Placer County Fire Department Law Enforcement arrested Levi Smith, age 34, a resident of Newcastle, for one count of recklessly causing a fire. Levi Smith is accused of recklessly causing a fire on a vacant parcel of private property, near a walking trail behind 1910 Auburn Folsom Road, Newcastle, CA […]

Nevada County – The Bennett Fire started in Nevada County on August 25, 2021 at 3:31 PM and burned a total of 59.3 acres. The fire was 100% contained on August 29, 2021. CAL FIRE Investigators were immediately dispatched to the fire and began working to determine the origin and cause of the fire. This […]

The River Fire started in Placer County on August 4, 2021 at 1:59 PM and burned a total of 2,619 acres. 142 structures were destroyed in Placer and Nevada Counties. The fire was contained on August 13, 2021. CAL FIRE/Placer County Fire Department Investigators were immediately dispatched to the River Fire and began working to […]

WHAT: Community meetingWHEN: Saturday, August 7, 2021 – 10:00 a.m.WHERE: Bear River High School11130 Magnolia RoadGrass Valley, CA 95949And via www.facebook.com/CALFIRENEU Residents are invited to a community meeting where representatives from various agencies will present updated information regarding the River Fire. Scheduled to appear: CALFIRE, Nevada County Sheriff’s Department, Nevada County Government, and Nevada County […]

I am deeply saddened to report the passing of Fire Apparatus Engineer Chris Wurster. Chris lost his battle with cancer on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Chris worked his entire 13-year career in the Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit, assigned to different stations and most recently as part of the team at the Grass Valley Air Attack Base. Chris […]

Effective June 6, 2021, CAL FIRE will increase to peak staffing levels in Nevada, Yuba and Placer Counties. As an all hazards emergency service department, CAL FIRE maintains staffing year around, but provides surge capacity during the critical fire season months. This peak staffing includes 22 fire engines, 4 bulldozers, 2 CDCR Type I hand […]

Auburn – On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at approximately 1:00 PM, CAL FlRE received a report of a female wearing all black clothing lighting fires along Scott Grant Road near Beacon Lane, in the community of Loma Rica, CA. The first on scene CAL FIRE resource secured the scene of two small fires along 12328 […]