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.

While incarcerated crews battle the Los Angeles fires, CDCR Medical Emergency Response Teams (MERT) are there to support them. CDCR...

Featured image with Richard Selph, fire chief with Ironwood State Prison, on the scene of the Palisades wildfire with the following quote, "Since we've been involved at this incident, we've been at this house several times for multiple hot spots."

Richard Selph, Fire Chief from Ironwood State Prison, discusses efforts to save lives and structures at the Palisades wildfire in...

John Legend visits with incarcerated fire crews at the Eaton incident command post.

John Legend visited the Eaton fire incident command post to thank CDCR staff and incarcerated fire crews for their efforts....

A resident was grateful after CDCR strike team staff firefighters saved him during the fires.

A resident credits the CDCR staff strike team firefighters with saving him and his home during the Los Angeles fires....

Strike team members from CDCR search through the rubble in the Palisades, searching for hotspots while helping survivors.

More than 7,500 firefighters, including a CDCR staff strike team, are battling relentless Southern California wildfires. They are working around...

A CDCR lieutenant talks about feeding the large number of crew members at the Eaton fire base camp.

Feeding the CDCR fire crews and support staff at the Eaton Fire incident command post takes a team. This video...

CMC Cuesta camp staff and firefighters thank those fighting fires in Southern California.

Firefighters in training and California Men’s Colony’s (CMC) Cuesta camp staff are offering words of encouragement and hope to those...

First all-female cohort graduates, standing in line at attention, at Future Fire Academy salute during ceremony.

Five women made history as the first all-female cohort to graduate from the Future Fire Academy (FFA). This groundbreaking program...

Children at an outdoor educational center at a conservation camp.

The first-of-its-kind Outdoor Children’s Educational Recreation Center is now in operation at Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp in San Diego....

Malibu Conservation Camp participants attending a screening of a firefighting documentary in Los Angeles.

Staff and incarcerated individuals from Malibu Conservation Camp #13 recently attended a screening of the firefighting documentary, Firebreak. Lt. A....

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Firefighters and Camps

At the Fires: CDCR Medical Emergency Response

Ironwood Fire Chief on Palisades wildfire efforts

John Legend thanks CDCR fire crews

As fires approach, CDCR staff save resident

CDCR strike team fights Los Angeles wildfires

Eaton Fire: Feeding the CDCR fire crews

CMC firefighters in training, staff offer hope

First all‑female cohort graduates Future Fire Academy

Puerta La Cruz camp unveils children’s center

Malibu Camp screens firefighting documentary