CAL FIRE reports possible phone scam
Category: Local NewsTopics: Briefs A possible phone scam was reported after a call soliciting donations for the California Division of Forestry was received in Mendocino County.
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Category: Local NewsTopics: Public Safety As residents change their clocks back one hour this weekend, local fire officials encourage all families to also change the battery in each smoke alarm in...
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Local firefighters save cats
ARCATA — Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish a fire and save the resident’s two cats when an unattended candle ignited bedding at a Spear Avenue and Alliance Road home Thursday night.
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Gloves off over harbor position
A majority of Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District commissioners were poised to reject a move to pull funding for its maritime marketing director’s position, a move that sparked...
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Eureka firefighters union offers holidays to aid budget
A union representative from the local firefighters union commented about the union’s commitment to helping the city at the Eureka City Council meeting Tuesday night, offering up some or all of their...
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State IOUs discourage help from local fire chiefs
When the state fire alarm sounds, firefighters across California suit up and head out the door, but the promise of IOUs instead of paychecks has some departments hesitating.
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Local fire departments agree to share training officer
Humboldt Fire Protection District No. 1 board members voted Tuesday night to share with the Eureka Fire Department the cost and time of a training officer.
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Lightning strikes cause two small blazes
Wednesday night’s lightning storm caused two small fires to break out in Humboldt County that were quickly contained Thursday. Cal Fire fought the two fires near Highway 169 and Pecwan.
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Winter looks grim for Humboldt Red Cross
The combination of dwindling donations due to the recession and many local fires has the Humboldt County American Red Cross a little worried. ”I don’t want to go into the winter like this,” said...
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Air Station Humboldt Bay medevacs woman swept into ocean
Coast Guard News Crews from Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay assisted a local fire department with the medevac of a 22-year old woman this afternoon after she was swept from the shoreline of...
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Six Rivers to the Sea conservation easement finalized
Owners of the Chalk Mountain Ranch in Bridgeville granted a forest conservation easement on a 3,200-acre working ranch to Cal Fire earlier this month. The easement will have no effect on property taxes.
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Conservation Camp inmates:
Doing time, doing service Part 2 of 2 “We had an inmate here a few years back,” says Jeff Nixon, camp commander for the Parlin Fork Conservation Camp, cooperatively administered by the California...
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Forest and Range Assessment draft released
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has released a draft of its 2010 Forest and Range Assessment.
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Environmentalists, political leaders push to derail San Francisco Bay...
Shallow salt beds cover a 1,436-acre former salt production site in Redwod City where agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. and Arizona-based DMB Associates want to build up to 12,000 housing units. More...
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Fire safety inspections to begin
Cal Fire announced it will be doing defensible space inspections starting Monday. State law requires homeowners who live on land for which the state is responsible to have the inspections.
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