We gotta whole flock of birds now including a CALFIRE air tanker.
August 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We gotta whole flock of birds now including a CALFIRE air tanker.
Jennifer and I mourn the loss of CALFIRE Riverside County Fire Department Apparatus Engineer Daniel Cook. We offer our most sincere condolences during this difficult time.
In honor of Engineer Cook, I’ve ordered flags at the State Capitol to be flown at half-staff.
In honor of Engineer Cook, I’ve ordered flags at the State Capitol to be flown at half-staff.
January 1, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Jennifer and I mourn the loss of CALFIRE Riverside County Fire Department Apparatus Engineer Daniel Cook. We offer our most sincere condolences during this difficult time.
In honor of Engineer Cook, I’ve ordered flags at the State Capitol to be flown at half-staff.
In honor of Engineer Cook, I’ve ordered flags at the State Capitol to be flown at half-staff.
Shoutout to everyone who keeps getting mad when I say bad things about Gavin Newsom.
October 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Shoutout to everyone who keeps getting mad when I say bad things about Gavin Newsom.
On the program:
- firefighter training provided by CalFire happens at a prison, not at a fire camp
- the training includes PFT, physical fitness training, and FFT, firefighting training
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- firefighter training provided by CalFire happens at a prison, not at a fire camp
- the training includes PFT, physical fitness training, and FFT, firefighting training
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January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
On the program:
- firefighter training provided by CalFire happens at a prison, not at a fire camp
- the training includes PFT, physical fitness training, and FFT, firefighting training
More...
- firefighter training provided by CalFire happens at a prison, not at a fire camp
- the training includes PFT, physical fitness training, and FFT, firefighting training
More...
Governor Newsom sent some of CalFire to help just like they helped us.
July 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Governor Newsom sent some of CalFire to help just like they helped us.
CAL FIRE’s Forest Health Grants Program has awarded $72 million to promote healthy forests and wildfire resiliency across California!
#CALFIRE #ForestHealth #WildfireResilience #HealthyForests #ForestRestoration
#CALFIRE #ForestHealth #WildfireResilience #HealthyForests #ForestRestoration
May 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
CAL FIRE’s Forest Health Grants Program has awarded $72 million to promote healthy forests and wildfire resiliency across California!
#CALFIRE #ForestHealth #WildfireResilience #HealthyForests #ForestRestoration
#CALFIRE #ForestHealth #WildfireResilience #HealthyForests #ForestRestoration
✈ Ready before the call. Ready when it comes.
Our aviation resources are prepared to support wildfire operations whenever and wherever they’re needed.
#CALFIRE #AirOperations #WildfireResponse #Aviation #California
Our aviation resources are prepared to support wildfire operations whenever and wherever they’re needed.
#CALFIRE #AirOperations #WildfireResponse #Aviation #California
June 19, 2026 at 3:34 PM
✈ Ready before the call. Ready when it comes.
Our aviation resources are prepared to support wildfire operations whenever and wherever they’re needed.
#CALFIRE #AirOperations #WildfireResponse #Aviation #California
Our aviation resources are prepared to support wildfire operations whenever and wherever they’re needed.
#CALFIRE #AirOperations #WildfireResponse #Aviation #California
Why not just make a FAQ? Or fund more CalFire outreach?
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Why not just make a FAQ? Or fund more CalFire outreach?
Stay prepared:
✅ Keep a “go bag” ready for family & pets
✅ Know multiple evacuation routes
✅ Sign up for alerts: calalerts.org
Official fire updates: fire.ca.gov
#WildfirePreparedness #CALFIRE
✅ Keep a “go bag” ready for family & pets
✅ Know multiple evacuation routes
✅ Sign up for alerts: calalerts.org
Official fire updates: fire.ca.gov
#WildfirePreparedness #CALFIRE
August 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Stay prepared:
✅ Keep a “go bag” ready for family & pets
✅ Know multiple evacuation routes
✅ Sign up for alerts: calalerts.org
Official fire updates: fire.ca.gov
#WildfirePreparedness #CALFIRE
✅ Keep a “go bag” ready for family & pets
✅ Know multiple evacuation routes
✅ Sign up for alerts: calalerts.org
Official fire updates: fire.ca.gov
#WildfirePreparedness #CALFIRE
Every seedling placed in the ground supports long-term forest resilience, protects watersheds, strengthens wildlife habitat, and helps restore landscapes impacted by wildfire and other disturbances.
#Soquel #CALFIRE #ForestHealth
#Soquel #CALFIRE #ForestHealth
March 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Every seedling placed in the ground supports long-term forest resilience, protects watersheds, strengthens wildlife habitat, and helps restore landscapes impacted by wildfire and other disturbances.
#Soquel #CALFIRE #ForestHealth
#Soquel #CALFIRE #ForestHealth
CALFIRE C-130 N462DF makes a pass at Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #CALFIRE #C130 #fire #aerialfirefighting #aviationdaily #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9
March 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
CALFIRE C-130 N462DF makes a pass at Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #CALFIRE #C130 #fire #aerialfirefighting #aviationdaily #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9
Some facts for folks, since Gov Newsom took office:
Nearly DOUBLED the CalFIRE budget: $2 billion to $3.8 billion.
The number of CalFIRE personnel has nearly DOUBLED: 5,829 to 10,741.
Nearly DOUBLED the CalFIRE budget: $2 billion to $3.8 billion.
The number of CalFIRE personnel has nearly DOUBLED: 5,829 to 10,741.
January 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Some facts for folks, since Gov Newsom took office:
Nearly DOUBLED the CalFIRE budget: $2 billion to $3.8 billion.
The number of CalFIRE personnel has nearly DOUBLED: 5,829 to 10,741.
Nearly DOUBLED the CalFIRE budget: $2 billion to $3.8 billion.
The number of CalFIRE personnel has nearly DOUBLED: 5,829 to 10,741.
If you call CALFIRE "good at what they do", you are selling them short.
They are the best in the business. There is no competition.
They are the best in the business. There is no competition.
August 12, 2026 at 6:38 PM
If you call CALFIRE "good at what they do", you are selling them short.
They are the best in the business. There is no competition.
They are the best in the business. There is no competition.
CalFire caravan headed south on I5 from various Sierra Nevada towns. They will be busy tonight. They are about 90 minutes out.
January 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
CalFire caravan headed south on I5 from various Sierra Nevada towns. They will be busy tonight. They are about 90 minutes out.
- they are eligible to apply to US Forest Service for firefighting jobs after release; CalFire has a training program in Ventura County just for formerly incarcerated firefighters; expungement of the criminal record should make it easier to get jobs in other jurisdictions or fields
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January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
- they are eligible to apply to US Forest Service for firefighting jobs after release; CalFire has a training program in Ventura County just for formerly incarcerated firefighters; expungement of the criminal record should make it easier to get jobs in other jurisdictions or fields
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- the PFT lasts a couple of weeks and FFT lasts a couple of weeks
- the FFT is not the exact same training that a CalFire employee would receive because incarcerated firefighters have a narrower job duty
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- the FFT is not the exact same training that a CalFire employee would receive because incarcerated firefighters have a narrower job duty
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January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
- the PFT lasts a couple of weeks and FFT lasts a couple of weeks
- the FFT is not the exact same training that a CalFire employee would receive because incarcerated firefighters have a narrower job duty
More...
- the FFT is not the exact same training that a CalFire employee would receive because incarcerated firefighters have a narrower job duty
More...
The tail of CALFIRE C-130 N462DF as it makes a pass at Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #CALFIRE #C130 #fire #aerialfirefighting #cvvhrn #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9
March 4, 2026 at 4:27 AM
The tail of CALFIRE C-130 N462DF as it makes a pass at Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #CALFIRE #C130 #fire #aerialfirefighting #cvvhrn #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9
California’s unofficial state birds. 🚁✈️
CAL FIRE operates the world’s largest aerial firefighting fleet, with aircraft and aviation personnel supporting emergency response statewide.
#CALFIRE #Aviation #WildfireResponse #Firefighting #CaliforniaWildfires
CAL FIRE operates the world’s largest aerial firefighting fleet, with aircraft and aviation personnel supporting emergency response statewide.
#CALFIRE #Aviation #WildfireResponse #Firefighting #CaliforniaWildfires
September 15, 2026 at 9:48 PM
California’s unofficial state birds. 🚁✈️
CAL FIRE operates the world’s largest aerial firefighting fleet, with aircraft and aviation personnel supporting emergency response statewide.
#CALFIRE #Aviation #WildfireResponse #Firefighting #CaliforniaWildfires
CAL FIRE operates the world’s largest aerial firefighting fleet, with aircraft and aviation personnel supporting emergency response statewide.
#CALFIRE #Aviation #WildfireResponse #Firefighting #CaliforniaWildfires
Today, we joined state partners to highlight investments in technology, expanded staffing, FireSat satellites, and @alertcalifornia.bsky.social cameras that strengthen wildfire detection and response.
Prepare now: ReadyForWildfire.org
#ReadyForWildfire #CALFIRE @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social
Prepare now: ReadyForWildfire.org
#ReadyForWildfire #CALFIRE @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social
July 21, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Today, we joined state partners to highlight investments in technology, expanded staffing, FireSat satellites, and @alertcalifornia.bsky.social cameras that strengthen wildfire detection and response.
Prepare now: ReadyForWildfire.org
#ReadyForWildfire #CALFIRE @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social
Prepare now: ReadyForWildfire.org
#ReadyForWildfire #CALFIRE @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social
Partnerships drive innovation.
CAL FIRE, FireWERX, and Seneca are advancing autonomous UAS technology that has the potential to improve firefighter safety and California’s wildfire response.
#CALFIRE #Wildfire #Innovation #UAS
CAL FIRE, FireWERX, and Seneca are advancing autonomous UAS technology that has the potential to improve firefighter safety and California’s wildfire response.
#CALFIRE #Wildfire #Innovation #UAS
July 17, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Partnerships drive innovation.
CAL FIRE, FireWERX, and Seneca are advancing autonomous UAS technology that has the potential to improve firefighter safety and California’s wildfire response.
#CALFIRE #Wildfire #Innovation #UAS
CAL FIRE, FireWERX, and Seneca are advancing autonomous UAS technology that has the potential to improve firefighter safety and California’s wildfire response.
#CALFIRE #Wildfire #Innovation #UAS
FIRE FIGHTER FRIDAY: TANKER EDITION CALFIRE C-130 N462DF as it makes a pass at Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #CALFIRE #C130 #fire #aerialfirefighting #cvvhrn #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9 @calfire.bsky.social
August 8, 2026 at 1:51 AM
FIRE FIGHTER FRIDAY: TANKER EDITION CALFIRE C-130 N462DF as it makes a pass at Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #CALFIRE #C130 #fire #aerialfirefighting #cvvhrn #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9 @calfire.bsky.social
Happy 175th, California! 🎉
CAL FIRE is proud to protect the people, landscapes, and future of our Golden State. From mountains to coast, deserts to valleys—we celebrate your resilience and strength.
Learn more: www.celebrate.ca.gov
#California175 #CALFIRE #GoldenState
CAL FIRE is proud to protect the people, landscapes, and future of our Golden State. From mountains to coast, deserts to valleys—we celebrate your resilience and strength.
Learn more: www.celebrate.ca.gov
#California175 #CALFIRE #GoldenState
September 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Happy 175th, California! 🎉
CAL FIRE is proud to protect the people, landscapes, and future of our Golden State. From mountains to coast, deserts to valleys—we celebrate your resilience and strength.
Learn more: www.celebrate.ca.gov
#California175 #CALFIRE #GoldenState
CAL FIRE is proud to protect the people, landscapes, and future of our Golden State. From mountains to coast, deserts to valleys—we celebrate your resilience and strength.
Learn more: www.celebrate.ca.gov
#California175 #CALFIRE #GoldenState