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Preventing Fire with Fire

City: Azusa
Project Year: 2021
Project Status: Winner
Category: Fire
Partner: The Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program
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California Resilience Challenge – Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program

Watch this short documentary about how former California inmates are finding new careers in forestry, firefighting, and fire prevention.




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Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program

The Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program (FFRP) proposed to address the threat of‬‭ wildfires in Los Angeles County (caused by extreme drought and hotter days), in the‬‭ areas managed by the Angeles National Forests and local fire safe councils. FFRP did‬‭ this by recruiting and training a cohort of experienced former California Conservation‬‭ Camp (“Fire Camp”) residents to lead fuels reduction projects in these high-risk areas.

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