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California’s Firefighters Rely on Mutual Aid | Eureka News
As California’s wildfire season heats up, fire chiefs are mobilizing strike teams across the state—ready to fight fires or receive aid when overwhelmed. Built on decades-old mutual aid traditions, this network of neighborly support is now bolstered by federal backing and tech tools like real-time apps tracking crews and gear. Firefighters, often deployed for 95 days a year, earn state wages—but a proposed FEMA reimbursement cut threatens local budgets. Chiefs are negotiating hard to keep the system alive, because without it, no single department could survive a mega-fire. It’s a costly…
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