As August ended, 20 wildland firefighters from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, Cal Fire, and the U.S. Forest Service donned their gear at the Del Valle Training Center in Castaic. They spent a hot day simulating “cutting lines” up and down a slope. Cal-OSHA Reporter was there to cover the training. In addition to …
Eight years after being mandated by the California Legislature, Title 8 regulations on personal protective equipment for firefighters – both structural and wildland – are now part of the California Code of Regulations, after the Office of Administrative Law signed off. But executing on the new rules is another story. The provisions are aimed at …
California’s wildfire season is in full swing, with major fires in the far north and the central part of the state. If past years are any indication, more are coming. The thick, heavy smoke that gave our urban areas an apocalyptic pall in recent seasons hasn’t descended, and hopefully, we’ll avoid the worst of that …