The California conservation or fire camp program is jointly run by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CalFire, and Los Angeles County Fire Department. The camps are ...

The California conservation or fire camp program is jointly run by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CalFire, and Los Angeles County Fire Department. The camps are ...

Almanza, who is serving a 4-year sentence at the minimum-security Fenner Canyon Conservation Camp, said the firefighting ... according to CalFire. California began training inmates to help fight ...

CalFire San Diego confirmed that they were assisting the City of Poway, which is 34 miles from San Diego, with a vegetation fire near Pomerado Road and Ted Williams Parkway that broke out around 1 ...

Camp participants are eligible for employment with Cal Fire once they have served their sentences, a path many choose to take, according to CDCR. The department says some of these individuals have ...

The Lidia Fires is 100% contained. Evacuation orders from CalFire were issued in the areas surrounding the Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires. Orders to evacuate in the Pacific Palisades ...

The prisoners, who voluntarily sign up to be a part of the Conservation (Fire) Camps Program, are embedded with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, crew members.

data from Cal Fire shows they've quickly become some of the most destructive in California. The 2018 Camp Fire is currently the most destructive wildfire in state history based on the number of ...