by Chris Van Horne | Aug 12, 2026 | Emergency Response, News
Base Camp Support Corpsmembers from the Delta, Sacramento, and Solano Centers all were assigned to the Chute Fire base camp in Yuba City in July. The only way to truly understand how a wildland firefighting base camp runs is to experience it firsthand. At the recent...
by Chris Van Horne | Feb 11, 2026 | Emergency Response, News
Training with Twine A Chico Center Corpsmember uses twine to tie to a stake and a sandbag as part of wave wash protection training in Red Bluff, CA. The State of California is no stranger to atmospheric river events. In December, heavy rains led to flooding in the...
by Chris Van Horne | Oct 15, 2025 | Emergency Response, News
“There’s a lot of open wells in this area. That causes a huge risk of groundwater getting contaminated.” Cullen Van ZandtCCC Delta Center Long gone are the fire trucks and hoses used to extinguish the TCU September Lightning Complex fire. The work,...
by Chris Van Horne | Aug 15, 2025 | Emergency Response, News
Supporting Fire Operations Vista Corpsmember Brett Gill files paperwork inside the supply unit tent at the U.S. Forest Service’s base camp for the Gifford Fire in Santa Maria, CA. Every task is important on a wildland firefighting base camp, like the one in...
by Chris Van Horne | Mar 14, 2025 | Emergency Response, News
‘Race Against Time’: Corpsmembers Rush to Protect Against Med Fly Corpsmembers from the CCC Tahoe Center work together to gather fruit off trees in a quarantine zone in Northern California. An old nemesis of California agriculture arrived in the South Bay late last...
by Beth Hotchkiss | Feb 26, 2025 | Emergency Response, News
In the wake of the Palisades and Eaton wildfires, 26 crews from the California Conservation Corps — plus six more from certified local corps across the state — came together to help the Los Angeles community. Based out of Zuma Beach and the Santa Anita Racetrack...