🎃👻 Creating your Halloween costume? Make safety part of the fun! 🧡 Before heading out for trick-or-treating, keep these costume safety tips in mind: 🧵 Avoid long, trailing fabrics. Choose costumes that won’t drag on the ground or cause trips and falls. 👗 Skip loose, flowy designs. Opt for well-fitting outfits that allow for easy movement. 🔥 Choose flame-resistant materials. Candles, jack-o’-lanterns, and other open flames can quickly ignite costumes. 👀 Keep vision clear. Make sure masks, hats, and accessories don’t block your child’s sight. 🚶 Check for safe movement. Ensure costumes fit comfortably so everyone can walk, play, and trick-or-treat safely. 🕯️ Keep a safe distance from open flames. Be mindful of candles and illuminated decorations while celebrating. 🧡 A few simple precautions can help prevent injuries and keep Halloween fun for everyone🎃 Stay spooky, stay safe, and have a happy Halloween. 👻 #CALFIRE #HalloweenSafety #CostumeSafety #SafeHalloween

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🍂🔥 DON’T LET COOLER WEATHER FOOL YOU, WILDFIRE SEASON ISN’T OVER! 🔥🍂 Did you know? Fall has historically brought some of California’s largest and most destructive wildfires. Even as temperatures cool, dry vegetation, strong winds, and low humidity can create dangerous wildfire conditions. 🏡 Take a few minutes to protect your home with these important wildfire safety steps: 🌿 Create a 5-foot safety zone Move combustible materials, such as firewood, dead plants, and other flammable items, at least 5 feet away from your home. Keep the area next to your house clear to help reduce the risk of fire spreading to your structure. 🍂 Clear your roof and gutters Remove dry leaves, pine needles, and other debris from your roof, gutters, and eaves. Wind-blown embers can ignite this debris and start a fire on your home. 🔥 Check your vents for ember protection Make sure vents are protected with appropriate, corrosion-resistant, noncombustible metal mesh with openings between 1/16 inch and 1/8 inch, where permitted by applicable codes. Proper ember-resistant vent screening helps reduce the chance of wind-driven embers entering your attic, crawl space, or eaves. ⚠️ Remember, cooler temperatures do not mean the wildfire threat is gone. Wildfires can still spread rapidly when dry fuels, low humidity, and strong winds combine. ✅ Stay prepared. Check your property. Protect your home. Share these tips with your neighbors. Let’s work together to keep our families, homes, and communities safer this fall. 🏡❤️ #CALFIRE #CALFIREDefensiblespace #ReadyForWildfire

✈️🔥 Expanding California’s Aerial Firefighting Fleet 🚁🌲 Wildfire readiness means having the right resources positioned and ready to respond when a fire starts. CAL FIRE is putting its fifth C-130H airtanker into service, strengthening our ability to respond to wildfires and help protect lives, homes, communities, and California’s natural resources. 🏡This marks another major milestone toward CAL FIRE’s planned fleet of seven large capacity airtankers. 🛩️ 🌟 Did you know? California is the first state in the nation to own, operate, and maintain C-130H airtankers for wildfire suppression. Each aircraft can carry up to 4,000 gallons of fire retardant, helping support rapid initial attack on wildland fires. 🔥🛩️📍 A new addition to Paso Robles, with the fifth C-130H entering service, CAL FIRE’s Paso Robles Air Attack Base in San Luis Obispo County will welcome a C-130 airtanker. This strategic placement will enhance rapid response capabilities throughout the region and across California. 💪🚒 📱 Want to see where our aircraft are flying? ✈️ Check out CAL FIRE’s flight tracker. 📲 Download the free AwareCA app to follow aircraft activity, view wildfire incidents, and access emergency information. #CALFIRE #CALFIREAirOps #AwareCA

🔥🔥 What Does “Forward Progress Stopped” Mean? 🚒🧑‍🚒 When firefighters say fire’s forward progress has been stopped, it means crews have stopped the fire from continuing to spread beyond its current boundaries. 🛑🔥But that doesn’t mean the fire is out or fully contained. ⚠️ Firefighters still have important work to do, for example; 🚒 Building and strengthening control lines to help keep the fire from spreading. 💧 Extinguishing hot spots that could reignite or spark new fires. 🔍 Checking the fire’s perimeter for areas where flames could escape control lines. 🌲 Monitoring conditions to reduce the risk of the fire spreading again. 🔥 The bottom line, “Forward progress stopped” is an important milestone in firefighting, but the work isn’t over until crews have addressed the remaining hazards. 👏 Thank you to the firefighters and emergency personnel working hard to protect our communities. #CALFIRE #FireSafety

🚒 Protecting firefighter health and safety is essential to keeping our firefighters ready to respond. 🧑‍🚒 🤝 Today, CAL FIRE Safety Program leadership joined fire service leaders, labor representatives, researchers, occupational medicine experts, federal partners and other stakeholders at the Cal/OSHA Wildland and Wildland Urban Interface Respiratory Protection Advisory Committee meeting. Through collaboration with Cal/OSHA’s Wildland and Wildland Urban Interface Respiratory Protection Advisory Committee, CAL FIRE is helping advance efforts to develop regulations that better protect firefighters from on-the-job respiratory hazards. 🛡️ 🧯 CAL FIRE continues to invest in firefighter protection through expanded funding for personal protective equipment (PPE), improved equipment inspection, cleaning and accountability practices, and the procurement of specialized gear, including respiratory protection and heavy fire equipment operator helmets. 🪖 ❤️‍🔥 Protecting our firefighters means investing in their health, safety and readiness on every incident and every shift. 💪 #CALFIRE #FirefighterHealth #PPE #FirefighterSafety

🐐🐑 Hungry, hardworking, and helping protect communities from wildfire. In Southern California, one landowner is putting 900 goats and sheep to work using funding from a CAL FIRE Wildfire Prevention Grant. These four-legged helpers graze on vegetation that can fuel wildfires, helping reduce hazardous fuel loads and lower wildfire risk. As this #ABC7 story highlights, targeted grazing can benefit not only the land but the entire surrounding community. The grant was secured with support from the landowner’s local Fire Safe Council, showing how community partnerships can turn wildfire prevention into action. 🐐🐑 Watch the full story here: youtube.com/watch?v=8rtk4Fr8… Learn more about Fire Safe Councils: cafiresafecouncil.org #CALFIRE #CALFIREOSFM

🌲 From the Forest to New Opportunities! 🪵🌱 Ever wonder what happens to forest materials after they’re removed from the forest? 🌳➡️🏭 When put to good use, these materials can become valuable wood products, support bioenergy projects ⚡, and create economic opportunities for California communities. 🏘️ 📣 During National Forest Products Week, we’re highlighting one of the many ways CAL FIRE supports California beyond wildfire response and prevention. 🚒🪵 Through support for wood products and bioenergy projects, CAL FIRE helps strengthen California’s forest products industry, expand the use of forest materials, support a skilled workforce 👷‍♀️👷, and create markets for materials removed through forest management. 🌿 Why does this matter? Finding productive uses for forest materials can help support healthy, resilient forests while strengthening local economies 💚 and building a more sustainable future for California’s forest dependent communities. 🌲🤝 Learn more about how this work is making a difference on the ground: bit.ly/CALFIRE_WPBE #CALFIRE #ForestHealth #WoodProducts #ForestResilience

🔥 You might be surprised by the many career opportunities at CAL FIRE. While firefighters may be the first people who come to mind, it takes a team of dedicated people with diverse skills to protect our communities, lives, property, and resources. CAL FIRE has opportunities in many fields, including: 🚒 Firefighting 📡 Dispatch 🚁 Aviation 🔎 Fire Investigations 🚜 Heavy Equipment 🌲 Forestry 📣 Communications 🛡️ Fire Prevention 🛠️ Administration & Support Every role matters as we work together as one team toward the same goal. 🔥 Find your role. Be part of the mission - youtube.com/watch?v=JAF4EOYY… - Join us ➡ JoinCALFIRE.com. #CALFIRE #CALFIRECareers #CALFIRETrainingCenter #CALFIREOSFM

🚒🔥 Strengthening California’s Firefighting Workforce Wildfire readiness starts with having the people, training, and resources to respond when it matters most. Since 2019, California has continued investing in CAL FIRE’s workforce to strengthen statewide preparedness and emergency response. Today, CAL FIRE’s budget supports more than 14,000 positions the largest workforce in the Department’s history. These investments help CAL FIRE: 🚒 Expand staffing with year-round engine crews and increased relief and surge capacity. 👨‍🚒 Strengthen response capabilities by growing the firefighting workforce. 🪓 Expand hand-crew capacity to support wildfire operations. 🎓 Enhance firefighter training through improved certification access and three new training centers. 🔥 From the fire line to the training ground, investing in our workforce means building a stronger, more prepared CAL FIRE for California’s evolving wildfire threats. Ready to respond. Prepared to protect. 💪🌲 #CALFIRE #WildfirePreparedness #FirefighterTraining #CaliforniaWildfires

🚒 There’s more to CAL FIRE than fighting wildfires! 🔥 Did you know CAL FIRE is an all-risk fire department? That means our firefighters respond to a wide range of emergencies across California not just wildfires. 🚨 Our crews respond to emergencies such as: 🔥 Structure fires 🛠️ Technical rescues 🚑 Medical emergencies 🚗 Traffic collisions 🌲 Wildfires and other emergencies 📊 This year, CAL FIRE has responded to numerous calls for service statewide. Every call represents an opportunity to protect lives, property, and our communities. That’s why CAL FIRE’s mission goes beyond the fireline. We also work to prevent emergencies and help Californians stay safe every day by reminding everyone to: 🚗 Drive safely: Slow down, stay alert, and watch for emergency responders. 🥾 Plan ahead: Check conditions, bring plenty of water, and prepare before heading outdoors. ☀️ Beat the heat: Stay hydrated, limit strenuous outdoor activity during extreme heat, and look out for others. ❤️ Preparedness starts with all of us. Whether we’re responding to an emergency or helping prevent one, CAL FIRE is here to serve California’s communities. #CALFIRE #CALFIRESCU #AllRisk #FireSafety #EmergencyPreparedness

GRINDERS + DRY VEGETATION = FIRE DANGER ⚠️ Did you know? Sparks from powered grinders have been linked to at least three recent wildfires in California. 🚒 In two cases, arrests have been made in connection with the fires. Starting a fire with a grinder may be considered arson. Before you grind, take these fire safety precautions: 🌿 Choose a safe work area, move grinding operations away from dry grass, leaves, brush, and other flammable materials. Whenever possible, work on a cleared, noncombustible surface. 🧹 Clear the area, if you can’t relocate the work, remove dry vegetation and other combustible materials from the surrounding area. 🧯 Keep firefighting equipment nearby, have water and a fire extinguisher readily available before you begin. 🌬️ Check the conditions, avoid grinding during hot, dry, or windy weather, when sparks can ignite vegetation and spread fire quickly. 🚨 Act immediately, if a fire starts, call 911 immediately. Don’t wait to see if it goes out on its own. ✅ Remember, a few sparks can start a wildfire. Taking a few minutes to prepare your work area can help protect lives, property, and our communities. 📢 Work smart. Prevent fires. Stay safe! #CALFIRE #FireSafety #WildfirePrevention #CaliforniaWildfires less

🛫📡 Aircraft in the air, 🚒 Resources on the move, ⏱️ Every second counts. As a Communications Operator (Fire/EMS Dispatcher) with CAL FIRE, Michelle plays a vital role in emergency response. 🎧🔥 From coordinating aircraft during active incidents 🛩️ to dispatching fire and emergency medical resources 🚒🚑, she helps ensure the right resources get where they’re needed, when they’re needed. 💬 The job requires quick thinking, clear communication, and the ability to make critical decisions in a high-pressure environment. For Michelle, knowing her work helps emergency responders protect lives, communities, and natural resources ❤️🌲 makes every day meaningful. 👩‍🚒 Interested in a career with CAL FIRE as a Communications Operator? Explore career opportunities and learn how you can become part of the team behind the response. 🔗 Visit CalCareers to get started: calcareers.ca.gov #CALFIRE #CalCareers #CommunicationsOperator #FireDispatch #CALFIRECareers 🚨

🌿 Your landscape can still be beautiful and help protect your home from a wildfire. 🏡🔥 Zone 0, also known as the Ember-Resistant Zone, focuses on the first five feet around your home. Thoughtful choices about plants, landscaping, and materials can help reduce the risk of windblown embers igniting your home. 🍃 As LA-based real estate agent Inna Ivchenko notes, wildfire preparedness is increasingly on buyers minds. A well maintained Zone 0 can show that a home has been cared for with fire safety in mind without sacrificing curb appeal. ✨🌱fire.ca.gov/dspace 👉 A LA real estate agent’s take on Zone 0: activerain.com/blogsview/595…. For practical guidance on preparing your home, visit ReadyForWildfire.org. #CALFIRE #defensiblespace

🔥 Favorable conditions mean it’s time to put beneficial fire to work. As weather and environmental conditions allow, CAL FIRE is increasing its focus on fuels reduction to help reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health across California. Why prescribed fire matters: 🌿 Reduces hazardous vegetation: Helps remove excess grasses, brush, and other fuels that can feed wildfires. 🌲 Improves Forest health: Supports healthier ecosystems and natural processes. 🔥 Builds wildfire resilience: Helps create landscapes that are better prepared for future wildfires. 🎯 The goal: Treat 50,000 acres annually. Safety and planning come first. Every prescribed burn is carefully planned and only proceeds when conditions meet project requirements, including: 🌦️ Weather and forecast conditions 🍂 Fuel moisture and vegetation conditions 💨 Smoke management considerations 🚒 Available personnel and firefighting resources 📍 Want to see where prescribed burns are happening across California. Visit fire.ca.gov and turn on the Prescribed Fire layer in the Incident Map to explore prescribed fire activity across the state. #CALFIRE #PrescribedFire #FuelsReduction #WildfireResilience #ForestHealth

🚨🔥 135 ARSON-RELATED ARRESTS IN CALIFORNIA! 🔥🚨 Through September, CAL FIRE law enforcement officers have made 135 arrests related to arson across California. 🚔👮‍♂️🔥 Every intentionally set fire puts lives, homes, communities, and firefighters at risk. ❤️🏡🚒Investigating these fires and holding those responsible accountable is a critical part of keeping California safe. 🌲🛡️ 👀 SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING 📢 If you suspect someone is intentionally setting fires, report it. Your information could help investigators stop a fire before it starts. 🚫🔥 📞 REPORT ARSON: 1-800-468-4408. Together, we can help protect our communities, our natural resources, and the lives of those who call California home. 💪🌳💛 #CALFIRE #ArsonPrevention #FireSafety #ProtectCalifornia #ReportArson

🔥 CHARGE SMART. STAY SAFE. 🔥 ⚠️ Charging mistakes can lead to dangerous fires, but many are preventable! Protect your home and loved ones with these simple safety tips: 🔋 Charge safely: 🚫 Avoid charging devices while you sleep. ☀️ Keep batteries away from direct sunlight and excessive heat. 🔌 Use the original charger or a certified replacement. 🚒 A few simple habits can make a big difference. Stay alert, charge smart, and help prevent fires before they start. Learn more about charging safety at FPW.org. #CALFIRE #CALFIREOSFM #FirePreventionWeek

🔥 Wildfire detection is getting faster. New technologies are helping detect fires, gather critical information, and build a clearer picture of wildfire activity as incidents unfold. From tools used on the ground to technology deployed in the air, these advancements are changing how we monitor fires and support response efforts. 📺 ABC News takes a closer look at how technology is transforming wildfire response in California and how these tools are being used in real-world operations. Watch the full story: abcnews.com/video/136929070/ #CALFIRE #ALERTCalifornia #EarthFireAlliance #FireWERX

🔥 Wildfire readiness starts before the fire. A little preparation today can make a big difference when a wildfire threatens. Take these important steps to help protect your home, your family, and your community: ✅ Create defensible space: Clear dry leaves, dead vegetation, and other flammable materials away from your home. ✅ Pack a go-bag: Prepare essential items, including medications, important documents, water, food, and a flashlight, so you’re ready to leave quickly if needed. ✅ Stay informed: Download the AwareCA app to help you stay aware of wildfire activity and access important safety information. ✅ Know your evacuation plan: Identify evacuation routes, plan where you’ll go, and make sure everyone in your household knows what to do. Wildfire preparedness starts with the steps you take today. Don’t wait until a fire is nearby to get ready. 📲 Stay aware. Stay prepared. Stay safe. Download AwareCA today. #CALFIRE #AwareCA #WildfirePreparedness #FireSafety #ReadyForWildfire

🚨 A reminder: Be prepared before an evacuation alert arrives. When an emergency happens, every second counts. Knowing where to find reliable information and when to take action can make a critical difference in keeping you and your loved ones safe. 📲 AwareCA puts important emergency information at your fingertips, helping you stay informed, understand when to act, and make informed decisions when it matters most. Don’t wait until an emergency to get prepared. Download AwareCA today and be ready before the next alert. 📱 Stay informed. Be prepared. Stay safe. #CALFIRE #AwareCA #EmergencyPreparedness #BePrepared