Rattlesnake from interview with rattlesnake wrangler Read more about Podcast – Rattlesnake Encounters and How to Avoid Them: We’re Hands-on for Your Sssafety!

In this episode we tag along with professional rattlesnake wrangler Lou Fraser, and state park ranger Kerrie Launey. Fraser shows us the kind of habitat in which rattlesnakes can be found, and educates us on their some of their behavior and some of the mistakes people...
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Kelly Flanders Thomas Fire Read more about The Thomas Fire: Critical Public Information During California’s Historic Wildfire

From December 4th to December 22nd, 2017, the Thomas Fire cost more than 177 million dollars to fight, and forced the evacuation of more than 104 thousand people and had 8,500 firefighters from 22 states simultaneously working to contain it. But let’s not forget about...
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el capitan canyon mudslide Read more about Fear and Respect the Flash Flood, Play it Safe and Live

Another surge of tropical moisture will arrive in Central California by late week, and could last into the weekend. This warm and wet system has the potential to bring heavy rain, flooding, and debris flows, especially near recent burn scars. Southern California could...
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Sentinel Response Eighteen Full Scale Exercise at Sleep Train Arena Read more about Sentinel Response 18 FSE and Interagency Cooperation

In recent months, California and our nation has been no stranger to devastating natural and man-made emergencies. So, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) joined the California National Guard’s Homeland Response Force (HRF) and 95th Civil...
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Rescue of "Jeanette" Haiti Earthquake Read more about Chief Larry Collins on Haiti, Japan, Northridge and Loma Prieta Earthquakes and the Evolution of US&R

 In this episode, we talk with Deputy Chief Larry Collins, who is the Cal OES Fire and Rescue Deputy Fire Chief of the Special Operations and Hazardous Material Unit. He oversees the State Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response Program which includes response,...
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