About 10% of Cal Fire’s workforce quit the agency last year. “We are at critical mass, guaranteed,” one Cal Fire captain said. Workers’ comp cases for PTSD are routinely denied, and many crews are fatigued from working weeks at a time with no time off.
Former Sacramento Fire Chief Gary Loesch has filed a $10 million wrongful termination suit against the city, claiming there was no "good cause" for his firing.