Fires in California are getting bigger every year. With fire season right around the corner, meet the men and women who are on the fire line battling them year after year
May 3, 2019 — On Figueroa Mountain about two hours north of Los Angeles in Los Padres National Forest, the hillside was covered in orange poppies and a thick layer of smoke in late March of this year. Even with the growing plumes of thick floating embers, there was no need for alarm. Below the canopy of trees at the fire line, hidden from view were the men and women of the U.S. Forest Service, the ones setting fire to the forest with the intention of letting it burn.
The destructive aftermath of last year’s fires and the possibility that they could very well happen again this year is a fact not lost on California’s politicians and firefighters. On March 22, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in California and expedited forest management projects to protect communities and lives across the state.
When they’re not out fighting raging fires, the firefighters and fire technicians of the Forest Service carry out prescribed and controlled burns in the months outside of the fire season. During the winter and spring, they run low-intensity and controlled fires through the forest floors to reduce fire fuels that build up over the years.
Many Californians have placed the blame for last year’s Camp Fire on Pacific Gas and Electric Co., the power company that provides electricity to the northern two-thirds of the state. Officials at the company, which filed for bankruptcy in January, have said it is probable that faulty equipment may have started the blaze that leveled the town of Paradise.
“The government shutdown may seem like old news; there’s still a little bit of a linger from that,” Guzman said.
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