WILDFIRE NEWS OF THE DAY - 010714

United States

California

(1) A $6.5 million federal grant will allow Orange County Fire Authority, which frequently battles wildfires statewide, to add 45 firefighters to their ranks
Federal grant could mean more firefighters for Orange County

(2) Wildfire NOTD subscriber Bruce Courtright, Chairman of the National Institute for the Elimination of Catastrophic Wildfire, sent along a foursome of Fire Safe Council success stories from Northern California projects

Seiad Shaded Fuel Break Success Story
R Ranch Success Story
Yreka Area Defensible Space Fuels Reduction Project
Old High CCC Road Shaded Fuel Break

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