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"content": "\u003cp>Stacey Milbern didn't lose power during the recent blackouts, but if she had, things could have gotten dicey fast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Milbern, whose East Oakland apartment was just outside PG&E's public safety power shutoff zone, has muscular dystrophy and uses a ventilator to breathe. For her and other members of the disability community — many of whom depend on electrical devices like ventilators, CPAP machines and wheelchairs — losing power signifies much more than just an inconvenience: It can be life-threatening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Stacey Milbern\"]'We believe this is a life-or-death issue. ... 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In addition to providing discounted rates, the utility is also required by law to individually notify those customers in advance of shutoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, where about 447,000 customers went dark for at least one night, there were more than 11,500 medical baseline households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People aren’t used to thinking about what they need in emergencies,\" said Milbern, a disability rights activist whose day job is in human resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For her, the multiple power shutoffs in October served as a stark reminder that as these events become more common, people with disabilities can't simply depend on emergency assistance from PG&E or local government agencies — they need to band together and pool resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To that end, Milbern helped form #PowerToLive, a grassroots campaign launched on the fly in the days leading up to the Oct. 26 blackout. 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The group also developed an extensive, crowd-sourced \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/18HoGaGluv92o9H4L1_QUGbHETQjhD1-5ANqV1aEoDmo/edit#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">survival guide\u003c/a> \"for folks who need #PowerToLive during a power shutoff,\" detailing everything from tips for keeping insulin and other temperature-sensitive medications cool, to a rundown of different kinds of in-home generators and batteries to choose from and the hourly wattage required to power different types of devices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785104\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2235.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11785104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2235.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2235-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2235-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2235-912x912.jpg 912w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2235-550x550.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2235-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A graphic posted on the group's social media feeds. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Stacey Milbern)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the late October round of shutoffs \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11783228/with-massive-blackout-still-in-place-pge-considers-yet-another-preemptive-outage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that hit multiple Bay Area communities\u003c/a>, including parts of Oakland, Berkeley and Hayward, Milbern and her group of about 20 other volunteers monitored submissions to the online form closely, trying to quickly connect those in need with rides, places to stay and extra cash. In some cases, volunteers even helped residents seal doors and windows and build makeshift box-fan purifiers to keep out smoke from the massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782314/what-you-need-to-know-sonoma-countys-kincade-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kincade Fire\u003c/a> burning in Sonoma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In all, the group supported 32 families, mostly from the East Bay, with more than 90 people offering housing or rides, she said. Milbern herself hosted four other people with disabilities in her small but electrified apartment, which served as a impromptu operations base.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We believe this is a life-or-death issue. We don’t want our people to die or wind up institutionalized,\" she said. \"People with the least resources are banding together to help one another.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local effort comes amid reports of vulnerable Bay Area residents who were largely neglected during the shutoffs, including at least 20 seniors with wheelchairs and walkers who were \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/0d32cb3d9d1c4d83976d7b167f38dd72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trapped in the dark\u003c/a> for two days in a low-income apartment complex in Novato, and largely left to fend for themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E was widely criticized for how it handled the first round of shutoffs in early October, when its website crashed and scores of customers complained of not receiving sufficient communications or assistance. The company vowed to improve its performance during subsequent outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/24fcbe82-70cc-4105-9d6c-bbcf2e5e618b?src=embed\" title=\"Medical Baseline \" width=\"700\" height=\"430\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Milbern said the utility and local public agencies need to do much more to ensure that the most vulnerable residents are accounted for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think just being happy that their website is up is too low a bar. 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The company, she said, was willing to offer only $5,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's not enough to purchase two batteries,\" she said. \"$50,000 is a minuscule amount they could easily make. 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We need comprehensive solutions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With funding help from PG&E, Acton's organization distributed more than $140,000 worth of batteries during the shutoffs and put residents up in hotels. Acton said they've been meeting with PG&E officials to establish a comprehensive agreement for handling future shutoff scenarios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current arrangement, in which the utility's only requirement is to notify its baseline customers, is too vague, she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is more we need to be doing,\" Acton said. \"People don’t have their resources for backup power and transportation. Communities haven’t caught up, service providers haven’t figured out how to provide oxygen, especially with back-to-back shutoffs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in Oakland, Milbern's group is busy preparing for the next blackout. That includes an online \u003ca href=\"https://sdaction.networkforgood.com/projects/83846-powertolive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fundraising drive\u003c/a>, a plan to establish networks of hubs in people's homes and at satellite locations and creating a map of local resources and support services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I figured if 200, 300, 400 disabled people share with us their needs, that’s being organized,\" she said. \"A lot of activism work is trying to shift people to think about interdependence rather than independence. I believe if you view the needs of the most marginalized people impacted by an issue, then ultimately the entire community benefits.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>When Justin Lane and his family prepared for the recent PG&E power shutoffs at their home in Sonoma County, they counted on using their cellphones to get emergency notifications and updates about the nearby \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782314/what-you-need-to-know-sonoma-countys-kincade-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kincade Fire\u003c/a> that had erupted in their area days earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='State Sen. Mike McGuire']‘Cellphones aren’t just about checking the latest Facebook status. It’s about life or death. Cellphones are our lifeline during these power outages and during emergencies.’[/pullquote]But then, Lane, his wife and their two little girls found themselves in the dark on Saturday, Oct. 26 — power and communications, too. They’d relied on the emergency Nixle and SoCo alerts during the 2017 North Bay fires that devastated communities near their own, but now had no idea if they needed to evacuate or what was happening with the shutoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This time, they were basically unusable,” Lane, 40, a home inspector from Cotati, said of the alerts — some that came in sporadically, though they couldn’t open links to read them. “You can’t rely on that when you don’t have internet … . It’s really not a reliable means of keeping people informed anymore as much as we thought it was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What Lane and his family experienced was a problem that officials have been worrying about for years: the lack of backup power for cell towers — and no federal or state requirement that telecom companies provide it. In the wake of the power cuts, 23 members of the state’s congressional delegation have \u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/GP5fCrkYKnfArXNVsza79w?domain=eshoo.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called\u003c/a> for a hearing into the broader communications failures, and the California Public Utilities Commission said it’s investigating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cell Coverage Problems Peak Locally\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote]Major telecom providers said they deployed backup power sources and maintained service for most of their customers.[/pullquote]In the Bay Area, the cell problems peaked on Monday Oct. 28, with 57% of towers \u003ca href=\"https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-360482A1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">out\u003c/a> in Marin County, 27% in Sonoma and 19% in Napa County — mostly due to power issues, according to voluntary information \u003ca href=\"https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-19-1073A1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">submitted\u003c/a> by telecom providers to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That happened as PG&E prepared for widespread back-to-back shutoffs — meaning that some of its customers who were already in the dark, like Lane, wouldn’t get power restored until after the second outage (his family got it back after five days).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cell problems continued throughout the week. What this translated into for some people on the ground in places like Marin, Sonoma and Alameda counties: No coverage — unless they traveled to find power, no emergency notifications (including from schools about closures), or sporadic text messages coming through, though it was unclear if they were timely or dated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Statewide, about 3% of towers went out during the height of the power cuts last Monday as fires raged in Northern and Southern California. FCC said the number of cell site outages didn’t necessarily correspond to the availability of wire service since providers can lean on other tools, like roaming agreements and mobile towers on wheels, to provide coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785275\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11785275\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-11.33.18-AM-qut-800x606.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot of the cell site outages on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in California according to data voluntary provided by telecoms companies to the Federal Communications Commission.\" width=\"800\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-11.33.18-AM-qut-800x606.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-11.33.18-AM-qut-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-11.33.18-AM-qut-1020x773.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-11.33.18-AM-qut-1200x909.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-11.33.18-AM-qut.jpg 1254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of the cell site outages on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in California, according to data voluntarily provided by telecom companies to the Federal Communications Commission. \u003ccite>(FCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California’s congressional representatives and the CPUC said the problems were nothing new, citing \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/uploadedFiles/CPUC_Public_Website/Content/Utilities_and_Industries/Communications_-_Telecommunications_and_Broadband/Consumer_Programs/Service_Quality/StormsReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failures\u003c/a> during the historic 2017 storms and the North Bay Fires later that year, plus last year’s Camp Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FCC \u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/uploadedFiles/Content/Hot_Topics/R1803011%20Motion%20of%20Public%20Advocates%20Office%20for%20an%20Immediate%20Order%20Requiring%20Communications%20Providers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doesn’t require\u003c/a> wireless providers to have emergency backup power sources, nor does the CPUC, said Ana Maria Johnson, program manager at the Public Advocates Office, an independent group within the commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The duration of the several PG&E power shutoffs in October — some lasting many days — highlighted “how unprepared the utilities (telecom companies) are to ensure continuous services during these long durations of no power,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='U.S. Cellular']‘Had the power outages gone on for much longer, getting access to fuel to keep our generators running would have been a significant issue we believe.’[/pullquote] State Sen. McGuire, whose district covers the North Coast from Marin County to the Oregon border, \u003ca href=\"https://sd02.senate.ca.gov/news/2019-10-30-senator-mcguire%E2%80%99s-legislation-force-telecoms-have-backup-power-cell-sites-proves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced\u003c/a> a bill earlier this year to require a minimum of 48 hours of backup power at cellphone towers in high-fire-threat areas. The Legislature will take that bill up again in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGuire said telecom executives in June assured him that what happened with the cell towers last week wouldn’t happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cellphones aren’t just about checking the latest Facebook status. It’s about life or death. Cellphones are our lifeline during these power outages and during emergencies,” McGuire said last week. “For too many years, the state and federal governments have relied on the industry to do the right thing voluntarily. And it’s become crystal clear that simply asking them to voluntarily commit to backup power doesn’t work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785298\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11785298\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_emergency-alerts-qut-800x440.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshots of emergency notifications during the PG&E power shutoffs.\" width=\"800\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_emergency-alerts-qut-800x440.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_emergency-alerts-qut-160x88.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_emergency-alerts-qut-1020x560.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_emergency-alerts-qut-1200x659.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_emergency-alerts-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshots of emergency notifications during the PG&E power shutoffs. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>CPUC spokesman Christopher Chow said the commission was investigating the problems and developing requirements for providers, but that the communications industry is arguing that the CPUC does not have the \u003ca href=\"http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M309/K755/309755387.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">authority\u003c/a> to regulate them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JRosenworcel/status/119028369966280704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted\u003c/a> that the federal agency also needed to investigate the cell tower failures in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it does it needs to reckon with how rolling back regulations and not requiring backup power have made it harder to reach out in disaster,” she said Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FCC didn’t respond to a KQED request for comment about whether it was considering requiring such a backup in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Telecoms Scramble for Backup Power\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Telecom providers told KQED they deployed backup power sources like fixed and permanent generators that ran off fuel, plus batteries, in some areas during the shutoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='Justin Lane, 40, of Cotati']‘I don’t see how they can fix it. The cellphone companies rely on the same power for the most part that we do. And if they’re out for an extended amount of time, then I’m expecting this to happen again.’[/pullquote] AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular and Verizon said they maintained service for most of their customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>T-Mobile said some of its customers in Sonoma, Contra Costa, Alameda and Marin counties may have had issues with its service. Sprint said a number of sites may have experienced disruptions, but that “our teams refueled generators that were in use as quickly as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Cellular, which had nine cell towers impacted at the peak of the shutoff, said its customers in Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino and Plumas counties were most impacted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The utility shutdown was so unexpectedly widespread that most of our network had to rely on backup power at some point in time and we did not have enough power sources to cover all of our cell sites,” the company said Tuesday in a statement. “Had the power outages gone on for much longer, getting access to fuel to keep our generators running would have been a significant issue we believe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='power-shutoffs' label='Related Coverage']AT&T said it dispatched hundreds of additional generators and technicians from across the country before the power cuts and did have some equipment get damaged in the Kincade Fire. During the shutoffs, T-Mobile said it deployed (and refueled) generators to more than 260 sites, and Verizon said it had generators and backup batteries at the majority of its cell towers — though “discrete areas” of its network would “experience service disruption or degradation” due to topographical and other technological constraints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though most cell towers have some type of backup, McGuire said, “Here’s what we know: It’s not sufficient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For cell customers, the telecom providers plans’ and backups don’t provide much comfort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lane, a Verizon customer, said that, moving forward, he was going to “brace for the worst.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t see how they can fix it,” he added. “The cellphone companies rely on the same power for the most part that we do. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> State Sen. McGuire, whose district covers the North Coast from Marin County to the Oregon border, \u003ca href=\"https://sd02.senate.ca.gov/news/2019-10-30-senator-mcguire%E2%80%99s-legislation-force-telecoms-have-backup-power-cell-sites-proves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced\u003c/a> a bill earlier this year to require a minimum of 48 hours of backup power at cellphone towers in high-fire-threat areas. The Legislature will take that bill up again in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGuire said telecom executives in June assured him that what happened with the cell towers last week wouldn’t happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cellphones aren’t just about checking the latest Facebook status. It’s about life or death. Cellphones are our lifeline during these power outages and during emergencies,” McGuire said last week. “For too many years, the state and federal governments have relied on the industry to do the right thing voluntarily. And it’s become crystal clear that simply asking them to voluntarily commit to backup power doesn’t work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785298\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11785298\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_emergency-alerts-qut-800x440.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshots of emergency notifications during the PG&E power shutoffs.\" width=\"800\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_emergency-alerts-qut-800x440.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_emergency-alerts-qut-160x88.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_emergency-alerts-qut-1020x560.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_emergency-alerts-qut-1200x659.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/11062019_emergency-alerts-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshots of emergency notifications during the PG&E power shutoffs. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>CPUC spokesman Christopher Chow said the commission was investigating the problems and developing requirements for providers, but that the communications industry is arguing that the CPUC does not have the \u003ca href=\"http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M309/K755/309755387.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">authority\u003c/a> to regulate them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JRosenworcel/status/119028369966280704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted\u003c/a> that the federal agency also needed to investigate the cell tower failures in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it does it needs to reckon with how rolling back regulations and not requiring backup power have made it harder to reach out in disaster,” she said Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FCC didn’t respond to a KQED request for comment about whether it was considering requiring such a backup in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Telecoms Scramble for Backup Power\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Telecom providers told KQED they deployed backup power sources like fixed and permanent generators that ran off fuel, plus batteries, in some areas during the shutoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>State workplace regulators have launched investigations into three separate incidents that injured two private contractors and an inmate firefighter in the massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782314/what-you-need-to-know-sonoma-countys-kincade-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kincade Fire\u003c/a> that has ravaged parts of Sonoma County over the last two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The contractors were employed by two Oregon-based firms, and their injuries have raised concerns among one of California’s leading firefighter advocacy organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The presence of private fire crews in California puts our public safety responders at greater risk, since they are the ones who are ultimately responsible for the safety of those contractors,” said Carroll Wills, a representative for California Professional Firefighters, a leading advocacy organization for public employee, career firefighters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"The Kincade Fire\" tag=\"kincade-fire\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most recent injury involved a private firefighter on a handcrew run by the Sutherlin, Oregon-based company, Diamond Fire Inc. The unidentified contractor was hurt last Wednesday after he was struck in the face and head by an object during a fireline assignment, according to a preliminary Cal Fire review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That report, known as a Blue Sheet, says the Diamond Fire crew was assigned to work on Division E of the fire, located in the southeast portion of the blaze, northwest of Calistoga.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Sulffridge, general manager at Diamond Fire, said the worker was mopping up — a firefighting term used to describe work like extinguishing or removing burning material near a control line — when the injury took place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The firefighter pulled on a limb attached to a small log when the log turned, forcing the limb to flip up and hit the worker in the face, knocking him over. He suffered moderate injuries to his face and head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The firefighter was treated near the site of the injury, driven to a hospital in Santa Rosa and released a day later, according to Sulffridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Diamond Fire crew was part of a contingent of out-of-state firefighters brought in through coordination from the California Office of Emergency Services and the U.S. Forest Service, according to Cal Fire spokesman Scott McLean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 27 a firefighter identified as 29-year-old Titan Cheatham, who was hired by the Ashland-Oregon based firm Pacific Oasis, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11783857/firefighter-injured-in-kincade-blaze-was-working-for-a-private-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seriously injured\u003c/a> in the Kincade Fire. Cheatham’s identity was first revealed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/post/firefighter-ashland-contractor-injured-kincade-fire#stream/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jefferson Public Radio\u003c/a> and later confirmed by a Pacific Oasis official.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State workplace regulators said Cheatham was operating a chainsaw when the device’s fuel cap came off and splashed his pants with fuel, which then ignited from a nearby spot fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheatham received second- and third-degree burns to his legs and was taken to UC Davis Medical Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This accident resulted in severe burns to Titan’s lower legs,” said Steve Dodds, who co-owns Pacific Oasis, in an email. “Our main concerns remain his physical and mental condition and his recovery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11783857 hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Firefighters-battle-barn-fire-kincade-fire-1020x665.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pacific Oasis crew was hired under an interagency agreement administered by the Oregon Department of Forestry and the U.S. Forest Service, according to Dodds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wills, with California Professional Firefighters, said the injuries raise worries about the potential of more contract firefighters being used in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We would be concerned about any increase in deployment of private firefighting crews in California,” Wills said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When private crews are sent into California from other states, there is no guarantee they have the proper training, experience and safety standards required of California’s paid and volunteer firefighters,” he said. “This is especially dangerous given the number and intensity of wildfires in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dodds, of Pacific Oasis, said his company has a long history of working for state agencies, the federal government and private landowners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Over the past 15 years we have provided wildland firefighting resources on almost every notable wildland fire incident in the western United States. Hundreds of wildland fires,” Dodds said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11784042 hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/kincade-fire-inmates-1920-1038x576.jpg\"]The third injury involved an inmate firefighter working through a program run by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), according to Frank Polizzi, a spokesman for California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA). Cal/OSHA is investigating all three incidents, Polizzi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prisoner was cutting a fireline in the Healdsburg area on Oct. 28 when he or she was struck by a rolling dead tree and suffered a broken ankle. 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s been a trying week for everyone fighting the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782314/what-you-need-to-know-sonoma-countys-kincade-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Kincade Fire\u003c/a>, or impacted by evacuation orders and power outages in Sonoma County. A hot, free meal may not heal the larger crisis, but it does help heal the heart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://wck.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Central Kitchen\u003c/a>, the non-profit started by Spanish celebrity Chef \u003ca href=\"http://www.joseandres.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">José Andrés\u003c/a> ten years ago, was in Sonoma this past week. A volunteer army from across California mobilized to help the organization cook and deliver more than 27,000 hot meals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The magic starts at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, where chefs from the North Bay, San Francisco and beyond plan and execute lunch and dinner menus for an ever-shifting list of local requests, as dynamic as the wildfire itself. Celebrity chefs \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/TylerFlorence/status/1190077264794288129?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyler Florence\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/WCKitchen/status/1189953169285140485?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guy Fieri\u003c/a> were just two of dozens who’ve volunteered to cook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chef \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/chefjasoncollis?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Collis\u003c/a> of Ventura County was one of four “relief leads” who organized this volunteer army of roughly 50 people as they loaded just-cooked meals for hundreds of diners into aluminum catering trays and packed those into personal cars and trucks for delivery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784555\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11784555\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40069_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-14-19-PM-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Jason Collis of Ventura County, who works for World Central Kitchen full-time, was one of four “relief leads” who organized a volunteer army of roughly 50 people to prepare meals during the Kincade Fire at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40069_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-14-19-PM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40069_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-14-19-PM-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40069_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-14-19-PM-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40069_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-14-19-PM-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40069_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-14-19-PM-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40069_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-14-19-PM-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40069_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-14-19-PM-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40069_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-14-19-PM-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40069_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-14-19-PM-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40069_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-14-19-PM-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Jason Collis of Ventura County, who works for World Central Kitchen full-time, was one of four “relief leads” who organized a volunteer group to prepare meals during the Kincade Fire at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Collis started volunteering during the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Fire\u003c/a>, the 2017 wildfire that burned more than 280,000 acres in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. His story mirrors that of many who work for World Central Kitchen full-time: a volunteer stint that quickly became a full-time job in disaster relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='kincade' label='RELATED STORIES']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>“When I’m not responding to emergencies, I’m setting up different protocols and relationships on how we could source food and equipment in different areas that we go to, all over the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The catering company Collis runs with his wife is working with World Central Kitchen in Southern California this week preparing meals for those affected by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2019/10/30/easy-fire/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Easy Fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>World Central Kitchen employs 25 people, including ten specifically focused on responding to disasters all over the world, from the \u003ca href=\"https://wck.org/news/bahamas-1-million-meals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bahamas\u003c/a>, to Indonesia, to California. That describes the recent itinerary of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/raconcepts/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ramiro Arevalo\u003c/a>, manager of relief operations, whose job is to figure out where and when to deliver the meals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11784556\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40068_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-13-30-PM-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Wildfires are dynamic, and the Kincade Fire was no different as it raged in Sonoma County. The list of where to deliver meals changed daily and sometimes hourly for the World Central Kitchen.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1984\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40068_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-13-30-PM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40068_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-13-30-PM-qut-160x165.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40068_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-13-30-PM-qut-800x827.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40068_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-13-30-PM-qut-1020x1054.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40068_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-13-30-PM-qut-1161x1200.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wildfires are dynamic and the Kincade Fire was no different as it raged in Sonoma County. The list of where to deliver meals changed daily and sometimes hourly for the World Central Kitchen. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You know, food is universal. It’s memories. It’s hope,” Arevalo said in between a constant stream of texts and phone calls apprising him of changes in demand and desired staging areas for meals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the Paradise Fire, we knew the destruction that happened and we knew the long-term displacement. Here, the numbers are changing so fast, we have to make sure our ground team is out there finding all of the areas that have gaps, that people maybe didn’t know about or forgot about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Identifying where emergency responders eat is the easy part at any wildfire. But where do you find locals in need? Especially when they’re not showing up at local shelters in great numbers?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re a small organization in the grand scheme of things, but we pack a pretty mean punch. We do that working with the community, whether it’s on the volunteer level, or drivers that know the area to to execute the delivery of the food, or even the local purveyors that work with us. So, yeah, it takes a village,” Arevalo said.\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11784557\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the local for Kiwanis International volunteered to serve dinner for World Central Kitchen at the Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds as the Kincade Fire raged in Sonoma County.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the local for Kiwanis International volunteered to serve dinner for World Central Kitchen at the Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds as the Kincade Fire raged in Sonoma County. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That’s where somebody like Alma Bowen of \u003ca href=\"http://WWW.NC707.ORG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nuestra Comunidad\u003c/a>, which supports families with emergency translation services, resource referrals and housing assistance, comes in. She functioned as Arevalo’s community liaison for Cloverdale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She knows who could use a hot meal, and also how to let hundreds of people know when and where to line up: community halls, churches, fairgrounds, assisting living centers, even apartment complexes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These guys are freaking awesome. I love them,” she said of the World Central Kitchen operation. With Bowen’s help, the organization was able to find and feed senior citizens and farmworker families impacted by the fire and power outages, as well as emergency personnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kincade Fire’s initially prompted the evacuation of nearly 190,000 people, the largest ever in Sonoma County history. At the fire’s height, more than 3,200 people were registered at the 16 shelters established across the North Bay and San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784558\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11784558\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40073_PHOTO-OCT-30-7-36-20-PM-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Ramiro Arevalo, Manager of Relief Operations for World Central Kitchen, confers over where to deliver meals next from the back of his pick up truck. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40073_PHOTO-OCT-30-7-36-20-PM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40073_PHOTO-OCT-30-7-36-20-PM-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40073_PHOTO-OCT-30-7-36-20-PM-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40073_PHOTO-OCT-30-7-36-20-PM-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40073_PHOTO-OCT-30-7-36-20-PM-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ramiro Arevalo, Manager of Relief Operations for World Central Kitchen, confers over where to deliver meals next from the back of his pick up truck. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But even those who didn’t evacuate were affected. Much of the region was without power for days, and the temperatures drop steeply at night in late fall. Speaking of the situation before the power returned, Bowen said, “They can’t go home and just cook their own food. And all the stores locally are wiped out right now. And with people returning home, that’s even more the case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe in feeding everyone,” Arevalo said as he tore from one meal drop to another, finishing this particular dinner run at 9 p.m.. “\u003cb>\u003c/b>Longer tables. No walls. No one should be excluded from a hot meal during a time of need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea is so compelling, people fed meals come up to ask how they can help World Central Kitchen deliver the next meal. Local restaurants, retailers and farmers want to help, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love how quickly the food community in SF rallies,” wrote Sam Mogannam of \u003ca href=\"http://www.biritemarket.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bi Rite\u003c/a> in San Francisco. ” I went up there [last] Sunday with three other members of my team and we worked with Tyler Florence and the rest of the World Central Kitchen team to prepare 3,000 meals for those that have been displaced. I also sent communication out to dozens of chefs in SF with the contact info for World Central and for \u003ca href=\"https://www.sonomafamilymeal.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonoma Family Meal\u003c/a> in Petaluma, run by Heather Irwin. Our farmer, Layla Aguilar, was delivering produce to Heather Saturday afternoon and helping some of our farmers in Sonoma/Napa find a home for their products, as they needed to secure a location for the food so it wouldn’t go to waste.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Full containment of the Kincade Fire is expected November 7, but the Kitchen team will likely be gone after Monday. They pack up when the last shelter closes, and head to the next disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>“When I’m not responding to emergencies, I’m setting up different protocols and relationships on how we could source food and equipment in different areas that we go to, all over the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The catering company Collis runs with his wife is working with World Central Kitchen in Southern California this week preparing meals for those affected by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2019/10/30/easy-fire/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Easy Fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>World Central Kitchen employs 25 people, including ten specifically focused on responding to disasters all over the world, from the \u003ca href=\"https://wck.org/news/bahamas-1-million-meals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bahamas\u003c/a>, to Indonesia, to California. That describes the recent itinerary of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/raconcepts/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ramiro Arevalo\u003c/a>, manager of relief operations, whose job is to figure out where and when to deliver the meals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11784556\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40068_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-13-30-PM-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Wildfires are dynamic, and the Kincade Fire was no different as it raged in Sonoma County. The list of where to deliver meals changed daily and sometimes hourly for the World Central Kitchen.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1984\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40068_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-13-30-PM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40068_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-13-30-PM-qut-160x165.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40068_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-13-30-PM-qut-800x827.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40068_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-13-30-PM-qut-1020x1054.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40068_PHOTO-OCT-30-5-13-30-PM-qut-1161x1200.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wildfires are dynamic and the Kincade Fire was no different as it raged in Sonoma County. The list of where to deliver meals changed daily and sometimes hourly for the World Central Kitchen. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You know, food is universal. It’s memories. It’s hope,” Arevalo said in between a constant stream of texts and phone calls apprising him of changes in demand and desired staging areas for meals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the Paradise Fire, we knew the destruction that happened and we knew the long-term displacement. Here, the numbers are changing so fast, we have to make sure our ground team is out there finding all of the areas that have gaps, that people maybe didn’t know about or forgot about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Identifying where emergency responders eat is the easy part at any wildfire. But where do you find locals in need? Especially when they’re not showing up at local shelters in great numbers?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re a small organization in the grand scheme of things, but we pack a pretty mean punch. We do that working with the community, whether it’s on the volunteer level, or drivers that know the area to to execute the delivery of the food, or even the local purveyors that work with us. So, yeah, it takes a village,” Arevalo said.\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11784557\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the local for Kiwanis International volunteered to serve dinner for World Central Kitchen at the Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds as the Kincade Fire raged in Sonoma County.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40072_PHOTO-OCT-30-6-32-16-PM-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the local for Kiwanis International volunteered to serve dinner for World Central Kitchen at the Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds as the Kincade Fire raged in Sonoma County. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That’s where somebody like Alma Bowen of \u003ca href=\"http://WWW.NC707.ORG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nuestra Comunidad\u003c/a>, which supports families with emergency translation services, resource referrals and housing assistance, comes in. She functioned as Arevalo’s community liaison for Cloverdale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She knows who could use a hot meal, and also how to let hundreds of people know when and where to line up: community halls, churches, fairgrounds, assisting living centers, even apartment complexes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These guys are freaking awesome. I love them,” she said of the World Central Kitchen operation. With Bowen’s help, the organization was able to find and feed senior citizens and farmworker families impacted by the fire and power outages, as well as emergency personnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kincade Fire’s initially prompted the evacuation of nearly 190,000 people, the largest ever in Sonoma County history. At the fire’s height, more than 3,200 people were registered at the 16 shelters established across the North Bay and San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784558\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11784558\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40073_PHOTO-OCT-30-7-36-20-PM-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Ramiro Arevalo, Manager of Relief Operations for World Central Kitchen, confers over where to deliver meals next from the back of his pick up truck. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40073_PHOTO-OCT-30-7-36-20-PM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40073_PHOTO-OCT-30-7-36-20-PM-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40073_PHOTO-OCT-30-7-36-20-PM-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40073_PHOTO-OCT-30-7-36-20-PM-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40073_PHOTO-OCT-30-7-36-20-PM-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ramiro Arevalo, Manager of Relief Operations for World Central Kitchen, confers over where to deliver meals next from the back of his pick up truck. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But even those who didn’t evacuate were affected. Much of the region was without power for days, and the temperatures drop steeply at night in late fall. Speaking of the situation before the power returned, Bowen said, “They can’t go home and just cook their own food. And all the stores locally are wiped out right now. And with people returning home, that’s even more the case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe in feeding everyone,” Arevalo said as he tore from one meal drop to another, finishing this particular dinner run at 9 p.m.. “\u003cb>\u003c/b>Longer tables. No walls. No one should be excluded from a hot meal during a time of need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea is so compelling, people fed meals come up to ask how they can help World Central Kitchen deliver the next meal. Local restaurants, retailers and farmers want to help, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love how quickly the food community in SF rallies,” wrote Sam Mogannam of \u003ca href=\"http://www.biritemarket.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bi Rite\u003c/a> in San Francisco. ” I went up there [last] Sunday with three other members of my team and we worked with Tyler Florence and the rest of the World Central Kitchen team to prepare 3,000 meals for those that have been displaced. I also sent communication out to dozens of chefs in SF with the contact info for World Central and for \u003ca href=\"https://www.sonomafamilymeal.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonoma Family Meal\u003c/a> in Petaluma, run by Heather Irwin. Our farmer, Layla Aguilar, was delivering produce to Heather Saturday afternoon and helping some of our farmers in Sonoma/Napa find a home for their products, as they needed to secure a location for the food so it wouldn’t go to waste.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Full containment of the Kincade Fire is expected November 7, but the Kitchen team will likely be gone after Monday. They pack up when the last shelter closes, and head to the next disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>More than 400 inmate firefighters helped California beat back the massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782314/what-you-need-to-know-sonoma-countys-kincade-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kincade Fire\u003c/a> that destroyed scores of homes and charred tens of thousands of acres in Sonoma County over the last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their work — which in one case helped save homes in and near the town of Windsor in a dramatic firefight as the blaze intensified — continues to stir debate over the use of cheap labor in battling California's largest wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some of the inmates who traveled across the state to wage war on the Kincade Fire, it was an exhilarating experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'll remember this for the rest of my life,\" said Gary Minnick, a 39-year-old inmate firefighter assigned to the Valley View Conservation Camp in Elk Creek (Glenn County). \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) operates 44 Conservation Camps — commonly called fire camps — in partnership with Cal Fire and the L.A. County Fire Department in 27 counties across California. Approximately 3,700 inmates currently work at fire camps, according to CDCR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784472\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Inmate-Firefighters-Kincade-Fire-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Inmate firefighters take a break while battling the Kincade Fire on Oct. 29, 2019 near Healdsburg.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11784472\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Inmate-Firefighters-Kincade-Fire-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Inmate-Firefighters-Kincade-Fire-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Inmate-Firefighters-Kincade-Fire-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Inmate-Firefighters-Kincade-Fire-1200x796.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Inmate-Firefighters-Kincade-Fire.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inmate firefighters take a break while battling the Kincade Fire on Oct. 29, 2019 near Healdsburg. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Minnick, who is serving four years on drug charges, was working the Kincade Fire with a team of fellow prisoners on Sunday when the severe winds fueling the Sonoma County blaze were reaching gusts of up to 80 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters scrambled, and Minnick and the rest of his team had to protect residences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They saved several homes that day,\" said Ben Ingwerson, a CDCR lieutenant and commander at the conservation camp. He said the inmates that waged war on the Kincade Fire were all convicted of low-level, non violent crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That night, as the fire approached Shiloh Road, Minnick and other members of the inmate crew used saws and hand tools to hack a six-foot barrier around a home. Then the fire moved around the house and flames spread to shrubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We got trapped in the driveway,\" Minnick said. He sprayed water from a five gallon drum onto the encroaching flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We put a couple bushes around the back out, tried to save the house while we waited for the fire in the front to die down,\" Minnick said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfTORgvMmm4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>In the above video provided by CDCR's Ingwerson, a Cal Fire firefighter who was leading Minnick and the rest of the inmate crew puts out a spot fire in the backyard. The house did not burn down, and the crew made it out safety.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The battle to save Windsor was heralded as a key one in Cal Fire's war against the Kincade blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christopher Jones, an inmate on the Valley View crew serving four years on burglary charges, has helped battle several wildfires. He said the Kincade blaze was different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"The Kincade Fire\" tag=\"kincade-fire\"]\"A lot more direct attack, a lot more flames licking in your face in situations where you've got to get in and out quickly with no margin for error,\" said Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He described the fire that approached the crew at Shiloh Ridge as \"a wall of flame that was literally eating houses as it came toward us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Kincade Fire, inmate firefighters worked to construct firebreaks, which crews dig down to bare soil to try and keep a wildfire from spreading. Some inmates worked in mobile kitchen units to help feed firefighters at base camp in Santa Rosa, according to CDCR officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent days, dozens of inmate firefighters were sent to the Tick Fire and Getty fires in Southern California, and to the Burris Fire in Mendocino County, state prison officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every year, California sends inmate crews to help battle some of the state's largest blazes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Close to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11706219/more-than-1000-inmate-firefighters-are-helping-battle-camp-woolsey-blazes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">800 inmates were sent to the Camp Fire\u003c/a> in Butte County in 2018, and several were injured. Others were deployed to the Woolsey Fire in Southern California the same year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2017 more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11623289/hundreds-of-the-firefighters-battling-sonoma-fires-inmates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">650 state inmates helped battle the North Bay\u003c/a> firestorm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Little Pay, Difficult Job Prospects\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Every fire season, as press reports emerge revealing the state's use of prisoners as members of its firefighter armies, criminal justice advocates point out how little inmates get paid to do the dangerous work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They say it's unjust that prisoners, a vulnerable population of workers, can't unionize and lack some job protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686212/rare-honors-this-weekend-for-inmate-firefighters-killed-on-the-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three inmate firefighters died on the job\u003c/a> between spring, 2017 and autumn, 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11686212]Presidential candidate Julian Castro recently tweeted out an article about a legislative effort to help inmates get careers in firefighting after they finish their sentences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In California incarcerated people are risking their lives battling wildfires for $1/hour. Yet these same people are barred from firefighting after release,\" Castro said. \"It's wrong. If you can save lives serving a sentence, you can save lives when you're released.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/JulianCastro/status/1189040291283656705?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But state prison officials say that's not true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Depending on their skill level, inmate firefighters earn between $2.90 and $5.12 per day, according to Alexandra Powell, a CDCR spokeswoman. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>But state prison officials say that's not true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Depending on their skill level, inmate firefighters earn between $2.90 and $5.12 per day, according to Alexandra Powell, a CDCR spokeswoman. When prisoners are assigned to an active emergency, they earn an additional $1 per hour, Powell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmate firefighters also get two days off their prison sentence for every one day they serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Choosing to serve their prison sentence in a camp also provides inmates with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience while giving back to the community in a meaningful way,\" Powell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She emphasized that a felony conviction or prison sentence does not disqualify inmates to work for state and federal firefighting agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Many fire camp firefighters have gone to gain employment with Cal Fire, the U.S. Forest Service and interagency hotshot crews,\" Powell said, pointing to a CDCR \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/insidecdcr/2018/07/13/2-former-fenner-canyon-fire-camp-inmates-tell-of-success-in-finding-cal-fire-jobs/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release\u003c/a> about two former inmates who went onto work for the state's firefighting force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Powell said state officials developed a firefighter training and certification program last year aimed at helping expand job opportunities for inmates who parole from fire camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But inmate firefighters have been blocked from working for many city and county firefighting agencies because they must get EMT certifications. State law forbids people from such certifications if they are convicted of a felony, a policy the Los Angeles Times, in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-11-01/california-inmate-firefighters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editorial\u003c/a>, recently called absurd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784527\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Inmate-Firefighters-Simi-Reagan-fire-800x589.jpg\" alt=\"Inmate firefighters prepare to put out flames on the road leading to the Reagan Presidential Library during the Easy Fire in Simi Valley on Oct. 30, 2019.\" width=\"800\" height=\"589\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11784527\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Inmate-Firefighters-Simi-Reagan-fire-800x589.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Inmate-Firefighters-Simi-Reagan-fire-160x118.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Inmate-Firefighters-Simi-Reagan-fire-1020x751.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Inmate-Firefighters-Simi-Reagan-fire-1200x884.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Inmate-Firefighters-Simi-Reagan-fire.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inmate firefighters prepare to put out flames on the road leading to the Reagan Presidential Library during the Easy Fire in Simi Valley on Oct. 30, 2019. \u003ccite>(MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jason Dixon, another inmate on the Valley View Conservation Camp crew, said he came face-to-face with the Kincade blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've been up close to the flames. Fought them hand to hand. Close to enough to singe your beard hairs,\" Dixon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said working as a firefighter is better than living in a traditional state prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's much better living out in the open doors. Not behind the bars with all the stuff going on there. You are out saving lives and homes,\" Dixon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones said when he gets out of prison he plans on applying to the state's firefighter training program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I love what we are doing here. I feel like I've found my niche,\" he said. \"It has allowed me to pick the direction I want to go.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Over next several days, specialized cleaning teams at Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital will be scouring the walls, floors and ceilings, as well as washing the linens, sterilizing the cafeteria and “air-scrubbing” the operating rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the Kincade Fire that threatened the city didn’t ultimately reach the hospital, the toxic smoke that engulfed the area left microscopic particles on surfaces and in the air, requiring the facility to undergo a massive cleaning operation before it can begin re-admitting patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Literally dozens of people have begun on-site preparations,” said Dr. Bill Isenberg, who oversees patient safety at the hospital. “We bring in outside organizations that help us meet all of the very exacting standards for cleanliness and safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Dr.Michael Shulman, physician-in-chief at Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center\"]‘Some of the most critically ill patients, we actually waited until we were absolutely, absolutely certain that we needed to entirely evacuate the hospital.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Sutter and Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center were forced to shut down operations last weekend, due to a mandatory evacuation order for northern Santa Rosa. 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"content": "\u003cp>On a recent day at an expansive National Guard airfield in Los Alamitos, local fire officials put on display what $4.5 million can buy: planes crammed with high-definition cameras, radar and infrared equipment that peers through smoke. This eye in the sky can provide commanders on the ground with a broad picture of a wildfire in its infancy, the most critical time for decision-making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plane — operating at 10,000 feet, out of signal range — beams the information to a smaller aircraft below, which relays it to a UC San Diego research team running a lab known as \u003ca href=\"https://wifire.ucsd.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WIFIRE\u003c/a>. The lab’s supercomputer spits out mapping and heat-detection data within minutes, and it generates a model of how the fire might spread based on a number of factors — the holy grail for fire bosses. Eventually, such information will go to a wildfire warning center created under a new state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"power-shutoffs\" label=\"Pacific Gas and Electric Power Shutoffs\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The planes are part of a pilot program, an aspect of California’s emphasis on technology to respond to wildfire. In the state’s new landscape of more frequent and more ferocious fires, it takes a village to combat the menace: private technology, state and local fire agencies and computing know-how at California’s universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The push to better anticipate wildfire danger is intended, in part, to provide early warning to residents about conditions so they can evacuate safely, before any flames get near. But the information bounty, welcome to many state officials and agencies, has potential downsides: It could regularly scare the heck out of Californians with a never-ending barrage of red-flag warnings, ever more disruptive power shutdowns — like the one \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11783228/with-massive-blackout-still-in-place-pge-considers-yet-another-preemptive-outage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 700,000 Northern\u003c/a> Californians recently endured — and ever more warnings to flee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More frequent alerts could eventually cause residents to disregard them, acknowledged state Sen. Bill Dodd, who \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposed\u003c/a> the warning center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes, we do risk that the pendulum swings the other way,” said the Napa Democrat. “But it’s probably better to err on the side of giving folks too much information. We have to do this surgically so that only the people in the high-threat areas get these notices.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually the warning center will be operated by the state firefighting arm, known as Cal Fire, and by the Public Utilities Commission and California’s Department of Emergency Services, Dodd said. The information collected — from multiple sources under various auspices — will be shared with federal, state and local authorities, utility companies and the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Cottie Petrie-Norris, Laguna Beach assemblywoman (D)\"]'We need to shift strategies to deal with the constant threat of wildfires. We need better tools.'[/pullquote]Gov. Gavin Newsom budgeted about $1 billion in new funding for fire preparedness and response, and said he intends to tap into the hive mind of California’s innovative businesses to create better tools for predicting and attacking fire. In January, on his first full day in office, Newsom signed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1.8.19-EO-N-04-19.pdf\">executive order\u003c/a> establishing the Wildfire Innovation Sprint, a program to foster that innovation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has already signed the program’s first two contracts. One project will use advanced computing to predict a fire’s path; the other will fund a network of “sky sensors” to detect fires as soon as they ignite and send alerts to emergency officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, the Public Utilities Commission hosted an international conference exploring how to harness science, private-sector products and yet-to-be-developed devices to respond to wildfires. The discussion included:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Smartphone apps to guide residents along the safest evacuation routes during the smoke and chaos of fires\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Equipment that utilities attach to power lines to provide real-time diagnostics\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The use of artificial intelligence to “teach” remote cameras to monitor backcountry\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Unmanned drones to observe fires\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>High-speed computing to predict and track fires\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“We need to shift strategies to deal with the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/californias-worsening-wildfires-explained/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">constant threat\u003c/a> of wildfires,” said Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, a Laguna Beach Democrat. She secured the state funds for the pilot aviation project, which is being used in five Southern California counties. “We need better tools.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"kincade-fire\" label=\"Sonoma County's Kincade Fire\"]Part of the state’s plan is to knit together what exists already: copious weather data, cameras operated by utility companies and federal partners. The new approach emphasizes information sharing, a potentially difficult concept for utilities and other businesses typically more comfortable keeping their data to themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to its involvement in the plane pilot program, UC San Diego operates the \u003ca href=\"http://www.alertwildfire.org/northbay/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ALERT Wildfire system\u003c/a> with the University of Nevada and the University of Oregon, a network of almost 300 high-definition cameras trained on high-fire-threat areas. The remotely operated cameras can see up to 70 miles in daylight and 100 miles with infrared at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each camera pans and tilts every two minutes, said Neal Driscoll, who runs the program. The resulting information feeds into a computer that “learns” what constitutes normal conditions in a specific place. When the cameras detect an anomaly such as a smoke plume, an alarm goes off, alerting a myriad of local and state agencies that monitor the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case of a fire, authorities can manipulate the camera network to identify the fire site with fine resolution and quickly create a map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784102\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11784102\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Computer in Capt. Michael Flynn’s command vehicle shows view from airplane sending fire data from the sky. \u003ccite>(Nancy Pastor/CalMatters )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Computer programmers are using artificial intelligence to teach the network to distinguish between clouds and smoke, Driscoll said, and over time the cameras will act as remote 911 sensors. Such sensors send alarms to computers in dozens of emergency centers and other offices around the state, where Cal Fire or another agency can take control of the cameras and determine whether to dispatch a crew or whether it’s a false alarm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having real-time data and being able to move these cameras from command centers has changed the way we fight fire,” Driscoll said. “They allow us to make a quick confirmation of a fire and make critical decisions in the critical moment — at the incipient point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials hope to expand the system eventually to 1,000 cameras around the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11784085 alignright\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-graphic-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-graphic-.jpg 700w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-graphic--160x264.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the interaction with new technology falls to Cal Fire and local fire agencies, where handed-down traditions are strong. The fire service has in the past been slow to adapt to change — longtime wildland firefighters laugh about how old-timers resisted the adoption of chainsaws, arguing that axes didn’t need gasoline to operate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It used to be that you’d drop the tailgate on a commander’s pickup and put a map on it,” said Cal Fire Deputy Director Mike Mohler. “Now you drop the tailgate and the truckbed is full of computers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, some fire veterans keep one boot in the future and one in the past, cautioning that technology is helpful only until it fails. There’s no substitute for experience — what Dave Winnacker, chief of the Bay Area Moraga-Orinda fire district, calls “the hair-on-the-back-of-the-neck factor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a human business; we need people doing things, not staring at a tablet,” Winnacker said. “The computer just remorselessly runs the scenario and does the math. 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The resulting information feeds into a computer that “learns” what constitutes normal conditions in a specific place. When the cameras detect an anomaly such as a smoke plume, an alarm goes off, alerting a myriad of local and state agencies that monitor the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case of a fire, authorities can manipulate the camera network to identify the fire site with fine resolution and quickly create a map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784102\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11784102\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Computer in Capt. Michael Flynn’s command vehicle shows view from airplane sending fire data from the sky. \u003ccite>(Nancy Pastor/CalMatters )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Computer programmers are using artificial intelligence to teach the network to distinguish between clouds and smoke, Driscoll said, and over time the cameras will act as remote 911 sensors. Such sensors send alarms to computers in dozens of emergency centers and other offices around the state, where Cal Fire or another agency can take control of the cameras and determine whether to dispatch a crew or whether it’s a false alarm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having real-time data and being able to move these cameras from command centers has changed the way we fight fire,” Driscoll said. “They allow us to make a quick confirmation of a fire and make critical decisions in the critical moment — at the incipient point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials hope to expand the system eventually to 1,000 cameras around the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11784085 alignright\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-graphic-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-graphic-.jpg 700w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-graphic--160x264.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the interaction with new technology falls to Cal Fire and local fire agencies, where handed-down traditions are strong. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Updated Thursday, Oct. 31, at 7:25 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County blaze that forced more than 180,000 to flee their homes has not grown in size since Wednesday — and firefighters were able to increase containment from 45% to 60% overnight, Cal Fire said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winds have died down since they peaked again Tuesday night following the weekend’s severe wind event, finally allowing fire crews working overnight to increase containment of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782314/what-you-need-to-know-sonoma-countys-kincade-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kincade Fire\u003c/a> significantly, holding the burn area to 77,758 acres. The blaze has destroyed at least 349 structures, including 165 residential buildings, and still threatens 1,630 structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_11782314' label='Kincade Fire Information and Resources']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State fire officials say while the conditions are still very dry, the forecast shows more favorable weather over the next week, making it easier to fight the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our biggest enemy is the wind. And there’s no wind in the next seven-to-10-day forecast,” Cal Fire Division Chief Jonathan Cox said Thursday. “So that really gives us the opportunity. We can get a lot of work done under normal conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters now plan to focus on reinforcing containment lines and scaling down operations in the area, which includes sending some firefighters home or to Southern California to help with fires there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire hopes to have the Kincade Fire fully contained by Nov. 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 5,200 personnel and nearly a dozen agencies are working the fire. Four first responders have been injured battling the blaze, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11783857/firefighter-injured-in-kincade-blaze-was-working-for-a-private-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a serious injury to a private wildland firefighter\u003c/a> that took place on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_11783843,news_11783857,news_11783696' label='Related Coverage']There have been no reported fatalities or civilian injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most residents in Sonoma County who had to flee their homes on Friday and Saturday were given the all-clear to go home Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kincade Fire broke out just over a week ago on the night of Oct. 23 in The Geysers area of Sonoma County and was driven by wind gusts of up to 80 mph. The fire spread quickly and forced evacuation orders for Geyserville, Healdsburg and Windsor. On Sunday, evacuation orders were expanded to include parts of Santa Rosa and Sebastopol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some areas remain under evacuation orders and some under evacuation warnings. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782314/what-you-need-to-know-sonoma-countys-kincade-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check here for the latest updates on evacuation warnings and orders\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters succeeded at keeping the blaze from engulfing the town of Windsor. Sonoma County Fire District Deputy Chief Matt Gustafson was part of a welcoming party for residents returning home Wednesday evening. Many in the community had already experienced the impact of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11622421/video-santa-rosa-reeling-from-devastating-tubbs-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tubbs Fire\u003c/a> two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just really important. A lot of people have been displaced from the Tubbs Fire … really their lives have changed. And so it’s just great to have some celebration that it’s not going to happen again,” Gustafson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s real heartwarming to see that. Fire agencies from all over the state came up to help us. And their whole priority has been Sonoma County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11783979\" class=\"wp-caption aligncright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11783979\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39919_IMG_1552-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Residents of the town of Windsor were allowed to return to the area on the afternoon of Oct. 30, 2019, after mandatory evacuation orders due to the Kincade Fire were lifted.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39919_IMG_1552-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39919_IMG_1552-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39919_IMG_1552-qut-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39919_IMG_1552-qut-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39919_IMG_1552-qut-1472x1472.jpg 1472w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39919_IMG_1552-qut-1104x1104.jpg 1104w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39919_IMG_1552-qut-912x912.jpg 912w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39919_IMG_1552-qut-550x550.jpg 550w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39919_IMG_1552-qut-470x470.jpg 470w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39919_IMG_1552-qut.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents of the town of Windsor were allowed to return to the area on the afternoon of Oct. 30, 2019, after mandatory evacuation orders due to the Kincade Fire were lifted. \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/north-bay-fires/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Bay fires\u003c/a> tore through wine country two years ago, killing 44 people and destroying more than 21,000 homes. The Tubbs Fire alone killed 22 of those people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, PG&E says most of its 960,000 customers who lost electricity Saturday in the latest round of power shutoffs — undertaken by the utility to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires — have since had it restored. Crews plan to inspect power lines and restore electricity to more customers Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E equipment has been found responsible for sparking wildfires, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11747485/cal-fires-official-finding-pge-equipment-touched-off-camp-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including the 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County\u003c/a>. That blaze became the deadliest and most destructive in modern California history, killing 85 people and destroying nearly 14,000 homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Ted Goldberg, Julie Small and Michelle Wiley contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>At the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, where more than 100 evacuated animals were sheltering in stables, the mood was upbeat. The long rows of stalls were occupied by a motley menagerie of all shapes and sizes: Most of the animals were horses but there were also alpacas, goats, sheep, and surprisingly, a pair of emus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784032\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11784032 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39912__M6A1849-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Yonder Hills Farm owner Kathy Jorgenson's barn burned down in the Kincade Fire. Nineteen of her horses were evacuated to Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Oct. 27, 2019.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39912__M6A1849-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39912__M6A1849-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39912__M6A1849-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39912__M6A1849-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39912__M6A1849-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yonder Hills Farm owner Kathy Jorgenson’s barn burned down in the Kincade Fire. Nineteen of her horses were evacuated to Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Oct. 27, 2019. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Around 10 a.m., some animal owners began to arrive. They helped themselves to donated apples, carrots and hay and walked their animals around the yard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784031\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11784031 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39910__M6A1831-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Yonder Hills Farm owner Kathy Jorgenson checks on her horses at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds evacuation shelter on Oct. 29, 2019.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39910__M6A1831-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39910__M6A1831-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39910__M6A1831-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39910__M6A1831-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39910__M6A1831-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yonder Hills Farm owner Kathy Jorgenson checks on her horses at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds evacuation shelter on Oct. 29, 2019. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As flames from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782314/what-you-need-to-know-sonoma-countys-kincade-fire\">Kincade Fire\u003c/a> grew and evacuation orders began rolling out, some residents had to make the difficult decision to leave their animals behind as they fled their homes. That’s where Dr. John Madigan and his team stepped in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madigan founded and coordinates the UC Davis Veterinary Emergency Response Team (VERT), a group of volunteers who help rescue animals and provide medical care during disasters. VERT was started more than 20 years ago during a flood in the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we had a large scale emergency in 1997, because we were looked at as people that did things in emergencies, they gave us a call,” Madigan said. “Since then, we’ve been activated for different levels of emergency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784030\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11784030 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39906__M6A1792-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. John Madigan founded and coordinates the UC Davis Veterinary Emergency Response Team. During evacuations due to the Kincade Fire, the team provided medical assistance to animals evacuated to Sonoma County Fairgrounds.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39906__M6A1792-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39906__M6A1792-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39906__M6A1792-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39906__M6A1792-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39906__M6A1792-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. John Madigan founded and coordinates the UC Davis Veterinary Emergency Response Team. During evacuations due to the Kincade Fire, the team provided medical assistance to animals evacuated to Sonoma County Fairgrounds. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Madigan says the presence of veterinarians can help animals and their owners cope with the trauma of living through a wildfire. Most of the animals at this shelter were doing well, but when animals are moved to a new location, they often experience stress, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You just try to make them happy. Food, water and keep them with a friend,” said Madigan.”Feed is calming too, and then what happens is we feed him too much and they get a stomach ache and colic. So we actually have to be really careful about that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784029\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11784029 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39900__M6A1707-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"This British Guernsey goat belonging to farm owners Catherine and Brian Shapiro was among many large animals evacuated during the Kincade Fire to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Oct. 27, 2019.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39900__M6A1707-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39900__M6A1707-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39900__M6A1707-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39900__M6A1707-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39900__M6A1707-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This British Guernsey goat belonging to farm owners Catherine and Brian Shapiro was among many large animals evacuated during the Kincade Fire to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Oct. 27, 2019. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Veterinary students are part of the team. Second-year UC Davis students Briana Hamamoto-Hardman and Grace Bloom checked on a mule who was evacuated over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re doing TPR’s — Temperature Pulse Respiration,” Hamamoto-Hardman said. “Grace is taking her pulse and I’m looking her over to see if I notice anything like scrapes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784024\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11784024 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39886__M6A1600-qut-800x573.jpg\" alt=\"UC Davis veterinary students Grace Bloom (L) and Briana Hamamoto-Hardman (R) do a medical checkup on horse Bella who was evacuated from the Kincade Fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39886__M6A1600-qut-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39886__M6A1600-qut-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39886__M6A1600-qut-1020x731.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39886__M6A1600-qut-1200x860.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39886__M6A1600-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Davis veterinary students Grace Bloom (L) and Briana Hamamoto-Hardman (R) do a medical checkup on horse Bella who was evacuated from the Kincade Fire. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like all emergency responders, the VERT team sometimes arrives too late to help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This one house was completely burned to the ground and all the paddocks were leveled and melted,” Madigan recalled.”As we walked out further, we could see that there were burned animals of different species.They were basically cremated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784026\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11784026 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39890__M6A1634-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Livestock owner Moises Lopez had to evacuate his goats to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Oct. 27, 2019, to escape the encroaching Kincade Fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39890__M6A1634-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39890__M6A1634-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39890__M6A1634-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39890__M6A1634-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39890__M6A1634-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Livestock owner Moises Lopez had to evacuate his goats to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Oct. 27, 2019, to escape the encroaching Kincade Fire. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The training students receive working at shelters is invaluable, said Madigan. Hayley Dieckmann, a fourth-year veterinary student, has acted as a VERT coordinator for two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, these incidents are happening more and more frequently, but it’s also allowing us to improve,” Dieckmann said. “We are forming teams that are not only trained, but also just so compassionate and dedicated to this field of work, that they are coming at it with empathy and a real drive to improve the situation for the animals here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"During the Fire - The Sonoma County Fairgrounds\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/By8iCU6uX1U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>At the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, where more than 100 evacuated animals were sheltering in stables, the mood was upbeat. The long rows of stalls were occupied by a motley menagerie of all shapes and sizes: Most of the animals were horses but there were also alpacas, goats, sheep, and surprisingly, a pair of emus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784032\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11784032 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39912__M6A1849-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Yonder Hills Farm owner Kathy Jorgenson's barn burned down in the Kincade Fire. Nineteen of her horses were evacuated to Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Oct. 27, 2019.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39912__M6A1849-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39912__M6A1849-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39912__M6A1849-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39912__M6A1849-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39912__M6A1849-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yonder Hills Farm owner Kathy Jorgenson’s barn burned down in the Kincade Fire. Nineteen of her horses were evacuated to Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Oct. 27, 2019. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Around 10 a.m., some animal owners began to arrive. They helped themselves to donated apples, carrots and hay and walked their animals around the yard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784031\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11784031 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39910__M6A1831-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Yonder Hills Farm owner Kathy Jorgenson checks on her horses at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds evacuation shelter on Oct. 29, 2019.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39910__M6A1831-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39910__M6A1831-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39910__M6A1831-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39910__M6A1831-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39910__M6A1831-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yonder Hills Farm owner Kathy Jorgenson checks on her horses at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds evacuation shelter on Oct. 29, 2019. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As flames from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782314/what-you-need-to-know-sonoma-countys-kincade-fire\">Kincade Fire\u003c/a> grew and evacuation orders began rolling out, some residents had to make the difficult decision to leave their animals behind as they fled their homes. That’s where Dr. John Madigan and his team stepped in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madigan founded and coordinates the UC Davis Veterinary Emergency Response Team (VERT), a group of volunteers who help rescue animals and provide medical care during disasters. VERT was started more than 20 years ago during a flood in the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we had a large scale emergency in 1997, because we were looked at as people that did things in emergencies, they gave us a call,” Madigan said. “Since then, we’ve been activated for different levels of emergency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784030\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11784030 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39906__M6A1792-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. John Madigan founded and coordinates the UC Davis Veterinary Emergency Response Team. During evacuations due to the Kincade Fire, the team provided medical assistance to animals evacuated to Sonoma County Fairgrounds.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39906__M6A1792-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39906__M6A1792-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39906__M6A1792-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39906__M6A1792-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39906__M6A1792-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. John Madigan founded and coordinates the UC Davis Veterinary Emergency Response Team. During evacuations due to the Kincade Fire, the team provided medical assistance to animals evacuated to Sonoma County Fairgrounds. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Madigan says the presence of veterinarians can help animals and their owners cope with the trauma of living through a wildfire. Most of the animals at this shelter were doing well, but when animals are moved to a new location, they often experience stress, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You just try to make them happy. Food, water and keep them with a friend,” said Madigan.”Feed is calming too, and then what happens is we feed him too much and they get a stomach ache and colic. So we actually have to be really careful about that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784029\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11784029 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39900__M6A1707-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"This British Guernsey goat belonging to farm owners Catherine and Brian Shapiro was among many large animals evacuated during the Kincade Fire to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Oct. 27, 2019.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39900__M6A1707-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39900__M6A1707-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39900__M6A1707-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39900__M6A1707-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39900__M6A1707-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This British Guernsey goat belonging to farm owners Catherine and Brian Shapiro was among many large animals evacuated during the Kincade Fire to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Oct. 27, 2019. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Veterinary students are part of the team. 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