The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) protects more than 31 million acres of California’s privately-owned wildlands by responding to all types of emergencies. This includes mostly fires but can also include floods, earthquakes, hazardous material spills, automobile accidents, child drownings, and other incidents. A full list of incidents is downloadable in .csv format here.
As the name CAL FIRE implies, most emergencies are related to wildfires. According to CAL FIRE, “Since the beginning of the year, wildfires have burned over 3.1 million acres in California. This year’s acres burned is 26 times higher than the acres burned in 2019 for the same time period.” Given the unprecedented impact of wildfires across California, I thought it would be useful to share a current map of incidents across California.
After navigating to an incident, you can view summary information such as this:
And depending on the impact of the incident, you may be able to view information related to damages and losses:
…and resources assigned:
Of noteworthy mention, the Resources page provides links to county-specific fire department websites where you may be able to obtain more information about fires in your county.
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