Celebrating a big year of prescribed fire; how Cal Fire's 2023 season has outpaced the last
This year has been a big change of pace for Cal Fire as they have been able to work on more prescribed burns than wildfires this year.
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This year has been a big change of pace for Cal Fire as they have been able to work on more prescribed burns than wildfires this year.
Cultural burning is an ancient practice to preserve the land but it's now reshaping wildfire strategies across California.
In recent years, each California fire season has felt progressively more active, which makes Northern California's slower 2023 season feel even more quiet.
Cal Fire is getting national recognition for a piece of technology that is helping in the firefight. Time magazine named the agency's fire detection artificial intelligence program one of the best inventions of 2023.
Cal Fire says it has a new tool to battle wildfires before they explode -- artificial intelligence.
Cal Fire says drones are getting in the way of aerial firefighting efforts. Flights in restricted airspace have happened six times this year. Cal Fire warns flying drones in firefighting airspace is a crime.
A new tool aims to make neighborhoods safer from wildfires by linking state agencies together. It's a new database that looks at how wildfire prevention projects are going.
Some of California’s most devastating fires have moved through in October and November.
Smoke from the wildfires burning up north has found its way into the Sacramento Valley creating poor air quality. Much of the area is already under a red flag warning due to the low humidity, high wind and high temperatures.
Firefighters are on high alert after the National Weather Service issued its first red flag warning for the Sacramento Valley region this year.
As Tropical Storm Hilary battered parts of Southern California, it gave crews the break they needed in fighting fires across the northern region of the state.
It's been a relatively quiet fire season but Cal Fire, the state's main firefighting agency, says they've been keeping their crews sharp for whatever happens next.
This technology is using aerial resources, plus satellite imagery, to give real-time information to teams on the ground.
The National Transportation Safety Board and other agencies are still investigating what caused a deadly mid-air collision between two Cal Fire helicopters on Sunday.
Only on CBS13, we get an inside look at a correctional camp in Nevada County where inmate firefighters are getting ready for wildfire season.
The long-awaited heatwave arrived in Northern California on Friday.
Several brush fires over the past few weeks are a sign that California's fire season is in full swing.
Artificial intelligence is now helping firefighters identify wildfires with cameras that can detect smoke without the help of any human eyes.
Crews stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire that sparked near Valley Springs in Calaveras County on Sunday.
With triple-digit temperatures and fireworks setting off, first responders are staffing up and prepared for any incidents that may occur this Fourth of July weekend.
Cal Fire will be joining other fire and law enforcement agencies from across the state on Tuesday to talk about how to use fireworks safely this Fourth of July.
Firefighters are battling a grass fire in Yuba County, said Cal Fire.
It was a cool first day of summer, but Cal Fire is gearing up for the heat that will inevitably come. Crews were out conducting a prescribed burn in the Garden Valley area on Wednesday and were making it easier for people to conduct their own burns. Read more here.
A 103-acre wildfire near Napa County's Berryessa Estates was 30 percent contained Friday night, Cal Fire said.
The Camp Fire is often considered to be one of the most destructive fires in California, which nearly destroyed the town of Paradise. As the town rebuilds from its 2018 devastation, it is also learning from the past.
