The Latest News and information about California Fires

This Monday, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department officially transitioned from high-fire-season to a lower level. This came about due to the time of year and weather conditions, which carry a lower risk of wildfires. With the declared lower level of fire season preparedness comes a withdrawal of the burn ban. Next week, those with [...]

As flames continued to rage out of control in San Bruno, fire crews from outlying cities and agencies were responding to help fight the massive blaze that has left at least nine people burned and destroyed a number of homes. Four air-tankers, two smaller attack planes and 25 fire engines from the California Department of [...]

Many of us feel like there’s little point in preparing for a disaster because we never know when something might happen and it’s impossible to be perfectly prepared. If you back up your computer every Friday and it gets stolen on a Thursday, you’ve still lost an entire week’s worth of work. Or maybe you [...]