Yosemite National Park Fire Crews are planning for a 439-acre prescribed burn in Yosemite Valley this week. YOSEMITE – The project will focus on seven units east of El Capitan Crossover toward Leidig Meadow. Depending on weather and air quality, this project is planned to start today, Monday May 24, 2021. Ignition could last three days with smoke lingering in ...

CAL FIRE Madera- Mariposa -Merced Unit will be conducting a vegetation management training burn on Monday, May 24. The training burn will take place on the Grupe Ranch located on Oak Grove Road in Mariposa County. The training will consist of burning 78 acres of annual grass, oak woodland and sparse brush. The purpose of the burn is to train ...

Coarsegold- The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), in cooperation with California Highway Patrol, CAL TRANS, Pacific Southwest Research Station / Fresno State University, Private Landowners, and San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, aim to reduce large conflagrative fires and high suppression costs, to the citizens of California, by conducting a prescribed burn along the Highway ...

Madera Firewise® Program Empowering neighbors to work together to get wildfire ready NORTH FORK – The Madera Firewise® Program provides guidance and a framework for neighbors to work together to become wildfire ready.  With Title III funding from Madera County, Yosemite/Sequoia Resource Conservation & Development Council (YSRCDC) has partnered with Coarsegold Resource Conservation District (CRCD) to re-establish a Firewise® program ...

MADERA/MARIPOSA – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) will be conducting a live fire training at Eastman Lake in cooperation with Madera County Fire, and Army Corp of Engineers on May 19 and 20. If conditions are conducive, approximately 200 acres of grass and oak understory will be burned from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. each ...

Burn Day Restrictions Effective May 1st for Madera and Mariposa Counties  Mariposa – Effective Saturday, May 1, at 8:00 AM, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit suspended all burning below the 2,000-foot elevation in Madera and Mariposa County. Burning is allowed above the 2,000- foot elevation with valid permits only. Burn Permits can be ...

CAL FIRE Urges Personal Responsibility in Protecting Against Wildfire – Do Your Part to Protect Your Community – Create Defensible Space and Harden Your Home “Wildfire Preparedness Week” is May 2-8” Sacramento – Being proactive and prepared for wildfire is crucial to making our communities more resilient to the impacts of wildfire. You can dramatically increase your safety and the ...

Mariposa- The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit (MMU) has announced effective at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 1 all hazard reduction burning will require a CAL FIRE burn permit in Mariposa County. CAL FIRE MMU will accommodate COVID 19 social distancing. Permits will be available online by visiting burnpermit.fire.ca.gov or visit your local CAL FIRE ...

Breaking News: Madera County Sheriff’s Office Issues an Evacuation Warning for 1 Mile Radius of ECCO Conference Center In Oakhurst Update: April 18th, 2021 at 2:45 PM – The Madera County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce the evacuation order for 1 mile radius of ECCO Conference Center has been lifted. Please use caution, emergency equipment and personnel are still ...

CAL FIRE reminds us to “Create Your Defensible Space” as fire season approaches.  Madera-Mariposa-Merced- Recent rains were a welcome sight to drought parched California, but the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) firefighters are not letting their guard down. CAL FIRE’s Defensible Space Inspectors (DSI) will be conducting inspections within the State Responsibility Area (SRA) and enforcing the ...