CALFIRE: Research suggests that creating a noncombustible buffer of five feet around your home can significantly improve the likelihood that it survives a wildfire. Creating a combustible-free Zone 0 that extends a minimum of five feet from each structure or, if applicable, an attached deck reduces the chance of wind-blown embers or radiant heat spreading the fire to your home. Remove bark and replace wood fencing and other potential fuel for sparks with noncombustible alternatives.
Poppy from the Cal Fire Sonoma Lake Napa Unit, Healdsburg, California. The lupine were also opening up at this time. More at #publiclands#photography#phenology#calfire#flowers Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs
CAL FIRE / Riverside County Fire Department - weekly report - "This week, we’ll take you to a second alarm commercial building fire in the city of Menifee; and we’ll also learn about a type three fire engines and their capabilities." #calfire#RiversideCounty#Riversidehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzPEqE-F80w
NOW: The father-son duo accused of starting the #CaldorFire in 2021 are sitting in a Placerville courtroom this morning.
Travis Shane Smith (left) and his father David Smith (right) face 3 felony counts of reckless arson, accused of sparking the #wildfire while shooting in a drought-parched forest. They face felony weapons charges as well.
The Caldor Fire burned down Grizzly Flats and forced the evacuation of all of South Lake Tahoe, shutting down highways 50 & 88 for weeks.
Today is the start of a 2-day mini-trial called a preliminary hearing.
The prosecution needs to prove probable cause to the judge in order to force a jury trial.
The Caldor Fire preliminary hearing continues at a sluggish pace.
The Smiths' legal team went on record with reporters in the break to say that the father & son did not start the fire-- but they wouldn't comment when asked if the Smiths had weapons that day.
We've heard from a USFS officer about Travis Shane Smith's call to 911 to report the fire. She says he claimed to be in the area "to check out some campsites," and he made no mention of shooting weapons.
Now up is #CalFire fire investigator Erik Fiedler. He interviewed a witness who picked David Smith out of a photo lineup, potentially putting him at the scene.
The Retriever and I ventured to Rohnerville Airport for our walk this morning. Here's a couple #CalFire planes resting until the fog lifts, and the helicopter getting some TLC from its crew.
Pretty grateful for these hardworking aircraft and their crews these days. #CAFire
Grassfire just five miles from my house this afternoon. Rapidly grew to 10 acres in wind. Well equipped ground teams quickly on the scene, command aircraft overhead, air tankers flying in. Regular updates on a phone app. 40 minutes after the fire started, they'd got it out. Thanks #CalFire!
“How the West was Lost” starring- Decades of Mismanagement, Corporate Raiders, The Forest Fire Industrial Complex, and sponsored by Global Warming. #ca#or#ForestFire#catastrophic#calfire#usfs
Via #CalFire Riverside: RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRE in Thermal - rpt @ 4:43 PM. 67600 block Harrison Street. Firefighters on-scene of a single wide mobile home, fully involved in fire, that has spread to a commercial vehicle, 3 mulch piles and vegetation. Multiple additional engines responding.