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.
Hundreds of Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles County conservation camp participants responded to the Fairview Fire near Hemet, which...
No rescue is too big or small for Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP) firefighters, even if the rescue involves a...
The Ventura Training Center (VTC) recently hosted an open house where media and members of the Ventura County Public Defender’s...
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Sierra Conservation Center hosted a regional Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Training Drill on June 1, helping county and state agencies...
Twenty-six formerly incarcerated firefighters recently graduated from the Ventura Training Center (VTC). Those who complete the program are highly qualified...
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CDCR’s Ishi Conservation Camp and CAL FIRE hosted the 37th Annual Spring Training Exercises to ensure new firefighter crews are...
In 2019, we met Anthony Pedro, a devoted young father who had recently paroled after serving time as an incarcerated...
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Cecil Yahtin, an incarcerated firefighter at California Men's Colony Camp Cuesta, is using art to honor firefighters across the state....
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Two formerly incarcerated firefighters who co-founded the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program (FFRP) recently received a leadership award and a...
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Kelly Witt, a fire captain for CDCR, has served the department for eight years, but it wasn’t the endgame she...
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