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  2. List of California fire departments - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles Fire Department on the scene of a fire in the Bradbury Building, Downtown Los Angeles in 1947 The Newport Beach Fire Department's Engine 63 at the training facility in Newport Beach Fire Station#1 of the Riverside Fire Department, circa 1910, at the corner of 8th and Lime Streets (8th Street is now University Avenue) The San Francisco Fire Department's Fireboat Guardian stands ...

  3. Lincoln, California - Wikipedia

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    Lincoln is a city in Placer County, California, United States, part of the Sacramento metropolitan area. Located 10 miles (16 km) north of Roseville in an area of rapid suburban development, it grew 282 percent between 2000 and 2010, making it the fastest-growing city over 10,000 people in the U.S. [8] Its 2019 population was estimated to be 48,275.

  4. Lincoln Acres, California - Wikipedia

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    Lincoln Acres is an unincorporated community of San Diego County located wholly within the boundaries of the incorporated city of National City. [1][2] It has a population of approximately 2,100 residents, and residents may keep livestock. [3] Lincoln Acres has a fire station and library. The community relies on the San Diego County Sheriff's ...

  5. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

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    The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) [2] [3] is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California.It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state's private and public forests.

  6. Oakland Fire Department - Wikipedia

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    The Oakland Fire Department is the sponsoring agency of Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4 (CA-TF4), one of eight FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in the state of California and 28 nationally. [8] The task forces, which is made up of personnel from 15 different agencies in the Bay Area, provides resources to locate ...

  7. 2019 California wildfires - Wikipedia

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    2019 California wildfires. The 2019 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California as part of the 2019 wildfire season. By the end of the year, according to Cal Fire and the US Forest Service, 7,860 fires were recorded, totaling an estimated of 259,823 acres (105,147 hectares) of burned land ...

  8. Gladding, McBean - Wikipedia

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    Gladding, McBean factory in Lincoln, California.. Charles Gladding (1828–1894) was born in Buffalo, New York, served as a first lieutenant in the Union Army during the Civil War, [3] and later moved to Chicago, where he engaged in the clay sewer pipe business.

  9. Mill Fire (2022) - Wikipedia

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    Mill Fire. The Mill Fire was a fast-moving, deadly and destructive wildfire that burned during the 2022 California wildfire season, destroying parts of the communities of Weed, Lake Shastina and Edgewood in Siskiyou County in the U.S. state of California. Igniting during hot, dry & windy conditions on September 2, 2022, amid a record-breaking ...