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Tag: California wildfire fighters

CDCR Announces That 8 Prisoner Wildfire Camps Will Close by End of Year

October 21, 2020   3:16 pmOctober 21, 2020   3:39 pm
Earlier this week, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced that 8 of it’s 43 prisoner wildfire camps, known as Conservation Camps, will be closing at the end of the year. The closures will be split between Northern...
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Gov. Newsom Signs Bill That Expunges Records Of Ex-Con Wildfire Fighters

September 11, 2020   2:43 pmSeptember 12, 2020   8:01 am
On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that will allow former non-violent prisoner firefighters to have their records expunged to allow them to be hired as firefighters. A bill that may help solve the desperate need for...
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Early COVID-19 Prisoner Release Leads To Severe Wildfire Fighter Shortage

August 25, 2020   5:55 pm
On Tuesday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) announced that, due to COVID-19 prison releases, the number of inmate wildfire fighters has left the state at least 600 wildfire fighters short of where they have been...
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