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4. California fire officials need to take similar measures.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2014, 02:20 AM

Feb 2014

The feds generally only fight fires on federal lands. In California, California state and local fire agencies are responsible for fighting fires on state and private land...and those agencies are woefully underfunded.

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Obama to propose changes to wildfire funding [View all] alp227 Feb 2014 OP

Kick! sheshe2 Feb 2014 #1

How about a special fund for people whose food stamps run out before the end of the month? That's jtuck004 Feb 2014 #2

Thanks Obama for thinking of our First Repsonder Fire Cha Feb 2014 #3

California fire officials need to take similar measures. SunSeeker Feb 2014 #4

Very hard to fight fires without water. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #5

+1 tofuandbeer Feb 2014 #7

Yup. I think everyone's predicting a horrible wildfire season for California this year... tofuandbeer Feb 2014 #6

I'm working fire season in southern Arizona this year DemoTex Feb 2014 #8