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Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order to Bolster Wildfire Response and Recovery Efforts, Support Impacted Communities
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today signed an executive order to support communities impacted by recent wildfires and bolster response and recovery efforts. The order expedites debris removal and cleanup of hazardous waste resulting from the fires; extends the...
State Provides Millions in Recovery Funding to Plumas and Alpine Counties
While unprecedented conditions continue to feed the 2021 wildfire season in California, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) is starting to help impacted counties recover from devastating fires. Today, Cal OES announced Plumas County will...
2021 Wildfire Season Updates & Resources
Emergencies, disasters, hazards, and threats are a part of our work at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES). Preparing for, responding to, and helping Californians recover from them are a part of our DNA. California is very clearly...
Cal OES Prepositions Firefighting Resources, Personnel in Northern California Counties as Red Flag Warnings Persist (UPDATED)
Updated: August 20, 2021 As extreme fire weather conditions remain in Northern California, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) has strategically prepositioned critical fire resources to include strike teams of fire engines,...
Recovery in Action at Big Basin Redwoods One Year after CZU Complex Fire Burns Park
Big Basin Redwoods State Park has seen its share of nature’s cycle – growth, destruction, renewal. The year 2020 was a wildfire season that the park hadn’t seen in more than 100 years. The CZU Complex Wildfire burned the majority of the park’s 18,000 acres, destroying...