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County Fire and CAL FIRE are working to turn a sixth-grade camp site at the base of Palomar Mountain into a fire center to train new fire fighters. Today, a board letter from Supervisor Jim Desmond recommended the County finalize an agreement with CAL FIRE to use the Camp Fox site as a wildland firefighting base. The Camp Fox property was owned by the County, but transferred to the San Diego County Office of Education in 1977. It is now transferring back to the County.
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The San Diego County Department of Child Support Services received an award for two new programs to help families work through problems facing many parents.
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County Fire, CAL FIRE and the community of Mt. Laguna on Wednesday celebrated the completion of the County’s highest elevation fire station, sitting at about 6,000 feet.
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Leaders from the County of San Diego and the City of San Diego met at the County Emergency Operations Center to highlight collaboration and cooperation in San Diego.
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The County of San Diego joined CAL FIRE and partner agencies at the Ramona CAL FIRE Air Attack Base today to ask San Diegans to prepare for wildfires.
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The County of San Diego joined CAL FIRE and partner agencies at the Ramona CAL FIRE Air Attack Base today to explain what you can do to prepare for wildfires. Almost half of the state’s largest and most damaging wildfires occurred in 2020 and 2021, burning almost 7 million acres. But there are proactive steps you can take to prepare your home and communities to be more resilient to the impacts of wildfire.
