{"id":5822,"date":"2021-05-26T07:52:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T15:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=5822"},"modified":"2021-06-01T13:53:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T21:53:50","slug":"newsom-announces-largest-investment-in-history-to-fight-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/newsom-announces-largest-investment-in-history-to-fight-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom Announces Largest Firefighting Investment in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fuegos-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fuegos-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fuegos-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fuegos-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fuegos-16x9.jpg 16w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fuegos-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fuegos-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fuegos-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The governor of California, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gavin Newsom<\/a>announced the addition of six CAL FIRE HAWK helicopters to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) fleet. He pledged an investment of more than $2 billion for wildfire fighting and emergency preparedness, the largest in the state's history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newsom detailed Tuesday at McClellan Air Force Bases that with new investments in state-of-the-art firefighting technology and equipment, as well as a focus on building resiliency through fuel breaks, forest health projects and hardening housing to protect high-risk communities, \"the state is more prepared than ever to face seasonal wildfires.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newsom's California Recovery Plan proposes $2 billion for disaster preparedness, including urgent action to support wildfire suppression, improve forest health, and build resilience in communities to help protect residents and property from catastrophic wildfires.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">California Recovery Plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Firefighting investments include $48.4 million for the phased installation of 12 new CAL FIRE HAWK helicopters and seven large air tankers; $143.3 million to support 30 additional fire crews; and $708 million to restore the health of landscapes and forests to make them more resilient to wildfires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, California's Recovery Plan includes expanded investments for sustainable approaches and reducing vulnerable landscapes, as well as funding to promote approximately 500 fuel break projects, which played a key role in containing wildfires in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, the governor announced during April that he is expanding and refocusing the Forest Stewardship Task Force to meet key commitments in the Forest and Wildfire Resilience Action Plan issued in January.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group, comprised of federal, local and tribal leaders, builds on the state's collaborative effort to improve forest health and reduce wildfire risk to communities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/2021-potentially-significant-in-forest-fires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2021, potentially significant in forest fires<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, anunci\u00f3 la incorporaci\u00f3n de seis helic\u00f3pteros CAL FIRE HAWK a la flota del Departamento Forestal y de Protecci\u00f3n contra Incendios de California \u2012CAL FIRE. Prometi\u00f3 la inversi\u00f3n m\u00e1s de 2 mil millones de d\u00f3lares para combatir incendios forestales y preparaci\u00f3n para emergencias, la m\u00e1s grande en la historia del [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cover","8":"category-community"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5822"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5907,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822\/revisions\/5907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}