In May, CALFIRE released findings condemning one of California's major utilities company, PG&E, as the cause for last year's devastating Camp Fire. Before these findings, the company was already in…
Adam PrellMay 20, 2019
In Mid-December, Senior Fire Liaison Doug Lannon and I spent a few days surveying the damage from the Woolsey Fire. We toured the 16 mile long fire area with the…
Adam PrellFebruary 7, 2019
Specialists are calling the 2018 wildfire season part of another record-breaking year, specifically due to the property losses in California. They’re also predicting another detrimental 2019 wildfire season. Even though…
Adam PrellJanuary 31, 2019
2018’s fire season was another record breaking year; in particular, California was absolutely devastated in terms of lives and property lost. According to the National Interagency Fire Center in 2018,…
Adam PrellJanuary 18, 2019
Wildfire seasons in the recent years have been some of the deadliest and most destructive that our nation has seen to date because of three human influenced factors. In the…
Adam PrellJanuary 8, 2019
RedZone Senior Wildfire Liaison Doug Lannon attended The Thomas Fire Retrospective Report discussion was held at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 at the Montecito Fire Protection District (FPD)…
Adam PrellNovember 29, 2018
Here we are dealing with yet another crazy autumn week of wildfire in California. As we noted earlier this fall, annually, Santa Ana Wind events cause new fire ignitions to…
Adam PrellNovember 20, 2018
This past weekend, from Saturday into Monday morning, much of the Northern California Bay Area was under a Red Flag Warning due to strong winds around 40 mph with gusts to…
RedZoneOctober 10, 2018
With Lake County now holding the title of the largest fire in California’s recorded history, the Ranch Fire of the Mendocino Complex, it leaves one to wonder what exactly it…
Adam PrellOctober 4, 2018
