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The California Department of Foresty and Fire Protection. Serving and safeguarding the people and protecting the property and resources of California.

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Meet AwareCA, your official source for wildfire alerts and incident information, delivered directly from first responders.

From incident updates and evacuation information to interactive maps and customizable alerts, AwareCA is designed to help you stay informed before and during wildfire emergencies.

Whether you're at home, at work, or on the go, AwareCA puts the information you need at your fingertips.

Download AwareCA on the App Store/Google Play Store today.

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AwareCA gives you access to verified wildfire and emergency information directly from first responders, including incident updates, evacuation information, cameras, aircraft activity and customizable alerts.

Already using other emergency apps? Keep them in your toolkit and add AwareCA as the source for emergency information directly from first responders.

🔗 Download AwareCA and learn more: https://t.co/VybUTvDjWh.

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Don’t let cooler weather fool you. 🍂

Fall has historically brought some of California’s largest and most destructive wildfires. Dry vegetation, wind, and low humidity can still create dangerous conditions.

Give your home a safety check:
🌿 Move combustible materials at least five feet from your home.
🏠 Clear leaves and debris from roofs and rain gutters.
🔥 Check that vents are ember-resistant; this means 1/16-inch to 1/8-inch corrosion-resistant, non-combustible metal mesh designed to block wind-driven fire embers and flames from entering a structure’s attic, crawl space, or eaves during a wildfire.

Cooler weather doesn’t mean the wildfire threat is over. Stay vigilant, and don’t let your guard down.

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Do your part in helping first responders by creating defensible space around your property and being part of community-wide fuels reduction efforts through local organizations like Firewise Communities and Firesafe Councils.
Track wildland fires across California at https://t.co/hghLWGavqF or download the AwareCA app for wildfire information directly from first responders at https://t.co/VybUTvDRLP.
Learn more about how fuels reduction treatments can make the difference and keep wildfires small at CAL FIRE’s Fuels Treatment Effectiveness Report Dashboard: https://t.co/LfNcCpEWKe

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Not every wildfire makes the news. Many are stopped before they have a chance to grow.

While California may be experiencing fewer wildfire starts, new fires are still igniting every day.

Over the past week, 157 new wildfires started across the state. CAL FIRE’s goal is to contain 95% of wildfires at 10 acres or less. Meeting that goal takes a fast response and decisive action before flames have a chance to spread.

📸 The Oct. 12 Rock Fire is one example. @CALFIRENEU and partner agencies responded and contained the fire at just 1.5 acres, preventing it from growing larger.

These smaller fires are a reminder of why every response matters, even when it doesn't make the headlines.

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Protecting firefighter health and safety is essential to keeping our firefighters ready to respond.

Today, CAL FIRE Safety Program leadership joined fire service leaders, labor representatives, researchers, occupational medicine experts, federal partners and other stakeholders at the Cal/OSHA Wildland and Wildland Urban Interface Respiratory Protection Advisory Committee meeting in Sacramento.

Through collaboration with Cal/OSHA’s Wildland and Wildland Urban Interface Respiratory Protection Advisory Committee, CAL FIRE is helping advance efforts to develop regulations that better protect firefighters from on-the-job respiratory hazards.

CAL FIRE continues to invest in firefighter protection through expanded funding for personal protective equipment (PPE), improved equipment inspection, cleaning and accountability practices, and the procurement of specialized gear, including respiratory protection and heavy fire equipment operator helmets.

Protecting our firefighters means investing in their health, safety and readiness—on every incident and every shift.

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🔥 What does “forward progress stopped” mean?

When firefighters say a fire’s forward progress has been stopped, it means crews have stopped the fire from continuing to spread.

It does not mean the fire is out or contained. Firefighters still have work to do.
Crews continue building and strengthening control lines, putting out hotspots, and checking the fire’s perimeter to reduce the chance of it spreading again.

Even after a fire stops advancing, firefighters may remain on scene for hours or days to make sure the fire is under control.

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Learn more about Fire Safe Councils: https://t.co/COsKnCCet0

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They’re hungry, hardworking, and helping to reduce wildfire risk.

This Southern California landowner is utilizing a CAL FIRE Wildfire Prevention Grant to put 900 goats and sheep to work to help stop future wildfires. This @ABC7 story details the many benefits to the whole community.

This grant was secured with help from their local Fire Safe Council.
🐐 Watch the full story here: https://t.co/dgK7AKQZwN

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🚒 Strengthening California’s Firefighting Workforce

Wildfire readiness starts with having the people, resources, and training to respond when it matters most.

Since 2019, California has made sustained investments in CAL FIRE’s firefighting workforce, adding year-round engine staffing, permanent positions, and relief and surge capacity to strengthen statewide readiness. These investments have helped build the Department’s largest workforce to date.

Today, CAL FIRE’s budget supports over 14,000 positions, continuing this commitment to preparedness and response.

These investments have helped:
🔥 Expand year-round engine staffing and increase relief and surge staffing.
👩‍🚒 Grow California’s firefighting workforce and strengthen response capacity.
🪓 Diversify hand-crew capacity.
🎓 Modernize firefighter training, improve access to certifications, and add three new training centers.

From the fireline to the training ground, investing in our workforce helps CAL FIRE prepare for and respond to California’s evolving wildfire threats.

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🌲 What happens to forest materials after they leave the forest?

During National Forest Products Week, we’re highlighting the people and projects helping put these materials to work across California.

CAL FIRE supports wood products and bioenergy projects that strengthen California’s wood products infrastructure, support healthy, resilient forests and create economic opportunities for communities.

From turning forest materials into useful products to developing new opportunities for the forest-sector workforce, this work helps keep California’s forests and communities strong.

Learn more about how this work is making a difference on the ground: https://t.co/3iQcBlX8Ci

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Not all smoke is the same.

Wildfire smoke and prescribed-fire smoke are not the same.

🔥 Wildfires can burn much larger areas, consume heavier fuel loads, and produce far more total particulate matter, carbon monoxide, and other pollutants. Their smoke can persist for days or weeks and travel hundreds or even thousands of miles, creating widespread and difficult-to-manage air-quality impacts.

🌲 Prescribed fire is a planned management tool. Burns are conducted under selected weather and fuel conditions, allowing managers to better control timing, intensity, and smoke dispersion. Prescribed fires still produce smoke, but they can reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, and help limit the size and intensity of future wildfires.

The goal isn't zero smoke; it's reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire and the much larger smoke impacts that come with it.

Learn more about prescribed fire and how CAL FIRE uses it as part of a comprehensive approach to wildfire prevention and forest health: https://t.co/2QWQbCGAwg

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Air and ground resources are actively working to contain the #NorteFire in Orange County.

CAL FIRE prepositioned resources were in the area and ready to support initial attack efforts, allowing additional resources to respond quickly. CAL FIRE’s aerial firefighting fleet, the largest civilian aerial firefighting fleet in the world, is supporting ground operations alongside partner agencies with water and retardant drops as firefighters work to contain the fire.

Under Red Flag Warning conditions, protecting lives and property and stopping the fire’s spread remain top priorities.

For the latest fire information, including acreage, containment and evacuation updates, download the AwareCA app at https://t.co/VybUTvDRLP.

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Sometimes, lifesaving help starts with a voice on the phone.

On Sept. 15, 2026, Teresa’s husband was not breathing. She called 911, and within seconds, emergency resources were on the way. While she waited, CAL FIRE Communications Operator (Fire/EMS Dispatcher) Alisa Oldag stayed on the phone with her, talking her through CPR for nearly 15 minutes.

When responders arrived, they took over CPR and transported Teresa’s husband to a local hospital.

Then came the news everyone hoped for: he survived and was home recovering.
Teresa recently returned to CAL FIRE’s Camino Emergency Command Center (ECC) to meet Alisa in person and thank her for being there during one of the hardest moments of her life.

You don’t always know what happens after a 911 call. Sometimes, you get the chance to hear the rest of the story.

We’re proud of Alisa and the entire Camino ECC team for the role they played in helping this family through that night. ❤

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You might be surprised by what you can do at CAL FIRE.

Yes, we have firefighters, but it takes a lot of different people and skills to do what we do.

CAL FIRE needs people in dispatch, aviation, fire investigations, heavy equipment, forestry, communications, prevention, and many other roles.

Join us ➡ https://t.co/O5i9vQCDrt.

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🚩 RED FLAG WARNINGS EXTENDED, AREAS UPDATED 🚩

Red Flag Warnings have been extended in parts of California, and affected areas have been updated as critical fire weather conditions continue.

Warnings cover portions of the Sierra Nevada, Kern County Mountains, and Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Interior portions of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties are also under a Red Flag Warning Friday from 3 a.m. to 6 p.m. In Lake County, a Fire Weather Watch remains in effect from late tonight through Friday afternoon.

Strong winds and low humidity can allow fires to spread rapidly. Embers are a leading cause of home ignition during wildfires. Is your home ready?

🏠 Do a quick ember check before the winds pick up: CLOSE IT, CLEAR IT, MOVE IT.

Stay informed with the AwareCA app, and find more wildfire preparedness tips at https://t.co/xAsi7khERP.

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Earthquakes can happen without warning.

Knowing what to do when the shaking starts can help protect you and your family.
Join millions of people for the Great ShakeOut on October 15 at 10:15 a.m. and practice three simple steps:

DROP to the ground.
COVER your head and neck and get under a sturdy table or desk if possible.
HOLD ON until the shaking stops.

Take a few minutes to practice now so you’re ready to act when an earthquake happens.

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Here is the latest information regarding the Red Flag Warnings issued. For LA/Ventura Counties, the timing was extended through Saturday evening. Be safe and have a plan! #CAwx #SantaAnaWinds

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As agencies across the state prepare for the potential impacts of El Niño, proactive preparedness efforts remain a top priority.

The CAL FIRE San Diego Water Rescue Cadre, along with firefighters from multiple agencies including Bomberos Tijuana and lifeguards from Encinitas and Carlsbad, are conducting comprehensive multi-agency training exercises.

These coordinated efforts aim to enhance readiness and ensure effective response strategies to protect communities during severe weather events.

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[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

With strong Santa Ana winds and elevated fire danger ahead, I’m mobilizing @Cal_OES and @CAL_FIRE to preposition resources across Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Orange counties and prepare emergency authorities for activation. 

We’re taking proactive steps to protect our communities and keep Californians safe.

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

Ante el pronóstico de fuertes vientos de Santa Ana y el mayor riesgo de iniciados, estoy movilizando a @Cal_OES y @CAL_FIRE para colocar recursos de emergencia en puntos estratégicos de los condados de Los Ángeles, Santa Bárbara, Ventura, y Orange, y preparar a las autoridades para activar los planes de emergencia.

Estamos tomando medidas preventivas para proteger a nuestras comunidades y mantener a todos los californianos a salvo.