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California Statewide Fire Summary

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Lynne Tolmachoff, Chief of Public Education at CAL FIRE, sent along an update on the Southern California wildfires, which have scorched over 280,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,200 structures as about 8,400 firefighters try to contain them.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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Renewable energy associated with pump station

For the first time in 20 years, the Secretary of the Interior has ordered that his land managers and park superintendents use their full authority to begin clearing the dead and dying trees and brush that clog federal lands and are tinder box for western forest fires.

Renewable energy associated with pump station

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California Statewide Fire Summary

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Lynne Tolmachoff, Chief of Public Education at CAL FIRE, sent along an update on the Southern California wildfires, which have scorched over 263,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,200 structures as over 9,000 firefighters try to contain them.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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NASA is using an imaging spectrometer to survey California wildfire damages

NASA has been flying its ER-2 surveillance aircraft over the Southern California wildfires in an effort to evaluate the environmental damage caused by the flames using an imaging spectrometer instrument created by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.

NASA is using an imaging spectrometer to survey California wildfire damages

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California Statewide Fire Summary

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Lynne Tolmachoff, Chief of Public Education at CAL FIRE, sent along an update on the Southern California wildfires, which have scorched 257,000 acres and destroyed over 1,000 structures as more than 9,000 firefighters try to contain them.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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California Statewide Fire Summary

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Lynne Tolmachoff, Chief of Public Education at CAL FIRE, sent along an update on six Southern California wildfires that have scorched 141,000 acres and are being fought by nearly 8,700 firefighters.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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California Statewide Fire Summary

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Lynne Tolmachoff, Chief of Public Education at CAL FIRE, sent along an update on four Southern California wildfires that have scorched 116,000 acres and are being fought by over 5,000 firefighters.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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California Statewide Fire Summary

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Lynne Tolmachoff, Chief of Public Education at CAL FIRE, sent along an update on four Southern California wildfires that have scorched 83,000 acres and are being fought by over 4,000 firefighters.

California Statewide Fire Summary

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Bay Area Firefighters Travel South to Battle Southern California Blazes

Bay Area fire departments who were assisted by Southern California fire crews during the October wildfires returned the favor by dispatching strike teams to SoCal to help with a pair of major wildfires.

Bay Area Firefighters Travel South to Battle Southern California Blazes

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U.S. Hotshots Association Conference

Wildfire NOTD subscriber David Provencio of the US Hotshot Association, sent along an announcement about the 2018 U.S.H.A. Conference, which will be held in San Diego March 2nd and 3rd, featuring a guest speaker from the Navy SEAL community who served on the Hotshots before joining the SEAL Teams.

U.S. Hotshots Association Conference

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Wildfires: Utility blocked from charging customers for wildfire costs

The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday denied a request from San Diego Gas & Electric to charge its ratepayers $379 million after investigators found its power lines sparked three huge wildfires in 2007, faulting the utility for not operating its electrical system in a “reasonable and prudent” manner when the fires began.

Wildfires: Utility blocked from charging customers for wildfire costs

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