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CAL FIRE and county chiefs warn of volunteer shortfalls and hazardous-chemical exposure; supervisors seek emergency briefing
Summary
CAL FIRE presented its 2024 Siskiyou unit report, citing thousands of acres treated and an ongoing decline in volunteer firefighters. County and fire leaders raised concern about repeated fires that involved pesticide/fumigant contamination and asked staff to pursue emergency briefings and improved documentation of exposures.
CAL FIRE presented its 2024 Siskiyou Unit annual report to the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors and warned county leaders that declining volunteerism, rising equipment and training costs, and repeated fires involving suspected pesticide or fumigant contamination are straining local fire response.
Greg Rose, CAL FIRE unit chief and Siskiyou County fire warden, told the board that in fiscal 2024–25 the CAL FIRE Siski unit conducted 47 fuel-reduction projects, completed 1,331 acres of broadcast burning and treated a total of 8,509 acres in the county when combined with local government efforts. Rose said the county’s contract with CAL FIRE for 2024–25 was estimated at more than $700,000,…
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