Firefighters and Camps
Fire crews are incarcerated participants in the Conservation Camp Program. Also, CDCR staff and incarcerated firefighters work at institution firehouses. The primary mission of the Conservation Camp Program is to support state, local and federal government agencies responding to emergencies. These include fires, floods, and other natural or manmade disasters.
When Jose Morales began serving a five-year sentence for second-degree robbery in 2016, he discovered rehabilitative programs. His focus turned...
Read More About Formerly incarcerated firefighter finds success through training, reentry
For 52 days, strike teams from the Ventura Training Center have protected property and lives by battling four of California's...
Read More About For over 50 days, Ventura Training Center fire crews have battled blazes
CDCR’s firefighting personnel joined other agencies to battle wildfires raging across California. Fire camps, institution fire departments and other CDCR...
As of Aug. 7, Riverside County's Apple Fire has torched more than 45 square miles, destroyed four structures and resulted...
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A pair of young adults from CDCR Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) are among the first firefighters from Pine Grove...
Read More About First DJJ firefighters accepted to Ventura program
Caltrans and Konocti Conservation Camp inmate crews were recognized by the Lake County Board of Supervisors for their efforts to...
Read More About Lake County officials recognize inmate fire crews
Anthony Pedro was an inmate firefighter at the California Correctional Center. Now on parole, he works as a firefighter at...
Read More About Firefighter on parole is a role model to his daughter
When a civilian working at a construction site was electrocuted, dropping lifeless to the ground, his coworkers called 911 and...
Read More About Fire Captain, crew save electrocuted civilian
On Saturday, Aug. 17, the California Correctional Institution (CCI) Fire Captain and four of his inmate fire fighting crew battled...
Read More About Prison blaze snuffed out by CCI Fire Captain, inmate fire crew
California Correctional Institution Fire Chief Daniel Turner recently took inmate firefighter David Reeves to the Clark Training Center in Riverside...