Peak fire season comes to a close, CAL FIRE says
Rain and cooler weather helped the state's firefighting agency transition out of peak fire season.
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A combination of wet, rainy weather and cooler temperatures convinced CAL FIRE’s top officials to transition the agency out of peak wildfire season, a spokesperson said on Sunday.
The agency’s peak wildfire season preparedness will come to an end on Monday, December 28 at 8 a.m.
“The 2020 fire season has been a very active year — even more so than in 2019,” a CAL FIRE spokesperson wrote in a press release sent to Solano News Update over the weekend. “CAL FIRE and firefighters from many local agencies responded to over 8,000 wildfires within the State Responsibility Area that burned over 1.4 million acres.”
Locally, more than 600 wildfires burned a total of 434,000 acres within the Solano-Lake-Napa Unit’s jurisdiction.
Though peak wildfire season is coming to a close, it doesn’t mean the wildfire threat ends: CAL FIRE said its fire personnel will “continue to actively focus on fire prevention and fuel treatment activities.” That includes prescribed burns and fuel reduction in areas identified as wildfire-prone as well as public education campaigns on best prevention measures.
Residents and businesses are urged to visit www.readyforwildfire.org for information on how to prevent the start and spread of wildfires year-round.
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