FOREST FIRE LOOKOOUT ASSOCIATION
The Forest Fire Lookout Association (FFLA) founded in 1990, is an all-volunteer national organization involved in research of former forest fire lookout sites, ground cabins and early forest fire detection methods. Anecdotes of lookout operators both past and present are documented.
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WESTERN REGION
The Central California Western Region (FFLA-CCWR) was organized in 2015 as a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to restoring, maintaining and staffing historic fire lookouts in California’s Central Western Counties. FFLA-CCWR is a registered 501 (c)3 non-profit so all donations are tax deductable
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CALIFORNIA – SOUTH DIVISION
The California – South Division was formed in 2018 to assist chapters, such as the California Central Western Region (ffla-CCWR) or other organizations with similar ambitions in bringing the nationals goals to fruition.
The men and women of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) are dedicated to the fire protection and stewardship of over 31 million acres of California’s privately-owned wildlands. In addition, the Department provides varied emergency services in 36 of the State’s 58 counties via contracts with local governments.
The Department’s firefighters, fire engines, and aircraft respond to an average of more than 5,600 wildland fires each year. Those fires burn more than 172,000 acres annually.
While Californians are learning more and more about the good as well as the bad of fire, the prevention of large, damaging fires remains a priority for CAL FIRE. From Smokey Bear, to the thousands of CAL FIRE Volunteers in Prevention (VIPs), to new alliances with communities, private industry, and government agencies, aggressive action in fire prevention and fire safety is occurring throughout the State.