National Drought Mitigation Center
v 2.4.3.0

National Drought Mitigation Center
subscribe to rss
 

California's firefighting costs
8/25/2016 5:43:52 PM



CATEGORIES:
Fire
Relief, Response & Restrictions
AFFECTED AREAS:
California
Alameda County, CA
Alpine County, CA
Amador County, CA
Butte County, CA
Calaveras County, CA
Colusa County, CA
Contra Costa County, CA
Del Norte County, CA
El Dorado County, CA
Fresno County, CA
Glenn County, CA
Humboldt County, CA
Imperial County, CA
Inyo County, CA
Kern County, CA
Kings County, CA
Lake County, CA
Lassen County, CA
Los Angeles County, CA
Madera County, CA
Marin County, CA
Mariposa County, CA
Mendocino County, CA
Merced County, CA
Modoc County, CA
Mono County, CA
Monterey County, CA
Napa County, CA
Nevada County, CA
Orange County, CA
Placer County, CA
Plumas County, CA
Riverside County, CA
Sacramento County, CA
San Benito County, CA
San Bernardino County, CA
San Diego County, CA
San Francisco County, CA
San Joaquin County, CA
San Luis Obispo County, CA
San Mateo County, CA
Santa Barbara County, CA
Santa Clara County, CA
Santa Cruz County, CA
Shasta County, CA
Sierra County, CA
Siskiyou County, CA
Solano County, CA
Sonoma County, CA
Stanislaus County, CA
Sutter County, CA
Tehama County, CA
Trinity County, CA
Tulare County, CA
Tuolumne County, CA
Ventura County, CA
Yolo County, CA
Yuba County, CA

Start Date: 7/1/2016 - End Date: 8/21/2016
Since July 1, the start of the 2016-17 fiscal year, Cal Fire has spent $165 million of the budgeted $425 million emergency fund to fight fires. The emergency fund covers all expenses apart from paying day-to-day staffing. For the 2015-16 fiscal year that ended in June, Cal Fire spent $547 million in emergency funds fighting fires, in comparison with$402 million in the 2014-15 fiscal year, $242 million in the 2013-14 fiscal year, $311 million in the 2012-13 fiscal year, $140 million in the 2011-12 fiscal year and just $90 million in the 2010-11 fiscal year. “The drought is the biggest factor in this,” said Daniel Berlant, chief of public information for the Cal Fire. “Not only have we seen larger, more damaging fires in the last couple of years, we’ve also seen an increase in the number of fires.” Riverside Press-Enterprise (Calif.), Aug. 21, 2016
Sources