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Multi‑agency collaboration and decade‑old fuel break helped contain Tiger Creek fire, CAL FIRE says
Summary
CAL FIRE and local partners praise a fuel break—installed after the 2015 Butte fire—and say that multi‑agency response and improved coordination on prevention are needed to reduce future wildfire risk; county and nonprofit partners expect CWPP planning to steer future funding and projects.
CAL FIRE Unit Chief Mike Blankenheim told the Amador County Board of Supervisors the Tiger Creek fire, which began about 12:45 p.m. last Friday, was contained in part by an existing fuel break and a rapid, multi‑agency response.
"We had the staging area set up by about 1:30, 1:45, and had 20 to 30 people representing all the collaboratives," Blankenheim said, listing CAL FIRE, Amador Fire Protection District, BLM, the Forest Service, Caltrans,…
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