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Cal Fire suspends rural residential burn permits for Solano-Napa region FAIRFIELD The regional unit of the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection will no longer issue residential burn permits effective Monday due to the risk of wildfires as the state enters its second consecutive year of drought. Officials with Cal Fire’s Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, which includes Solano, Napa, Yolo, Sonoma and Colusa counties, cited a number of reasons for the suspension of outdoor residential burn permits in its state area of responsibility: reduced snowpack in the Sierra Nevada due to dry winter conditions, an early spring runoff due to warmer springtime temperatures, an increased fire danger due to dead and dying grasses, and drier conditions across the region. ....
After hearing from Cal Fire, Napa County will forego an offer from a private group to base two water-dropping Fire Boss planes here this fire season for early wildfire response. Growers/Vintners for Responsible Agriculture offered to pay $1.5 million to lease the planes and crew from Dauntless Air. But in the face of Cal Fire opposition, the Napa County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday rejected the offer for now. âThis is an awkward spot for us, because we have people offering an incredibly generous offer, but we donât personally do the firefighting and our firefighters are saying, Not so fast, â county Supervisor Brad Wagenknecht said. ....
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