Marin Firefighter News

CAL FIRE is deeply saddened to announce the death of CAL FIRE captain Chaloa Lora Champion, who died of a brain aneurysm on September 2, 2009. She was 33 years old. 

Firefighters on the front lines of the Station Fire will pause later this week at the IC to honor two fallen LA County firefighters, as planning continues for a larger formal memorial sometime next week. Fire Captain Ted Hall and Specialist Arnie Quinones died Sunday trying to save dozens of others from a fire camp burnover. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST.

 As cautious optimism builds in the battle against this week's fires, concern continues to grow about the state fiscal crisis and its impact on California's world-class mutual aid system. As part of an ABC News report, CPF President Lou Paulson makes the case for a new state Emergency Response Initiative.

Fire officials are watching the skies in Southern California, hoping that increased humidity levels will continue to slow the march of the Station Fire. The blaze has now burned more than 127,000 acres, and stretches over nearly 200 square miles, but cooling temperatures have aided firefighting efforts in the Angeles National Forest, and the blaze is now 22% contained.

 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today joined fire service labor and management in calling on the Legislature to revive and approve his Emergency Response Initiative. At a news conference in San Bernardino County, the governor joined CPF President Lou Paulson and CalChiefs President Sheldon Gilbert in urging passage of the measure, which would provide hundreds of millions of dollars to support the state's mutual aid disaster response.