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The California Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection, (CAL FIRE) provides fire
protection for the County of San Luis Obispo, the City of
Pismo Beach, the Avila Beach Community Services District and
the Los Osos Community Services District by cooperative
agreements. CAL FIRE and the County of San Luis Obispo have
had cooperative fire protection since 1929. This efficient
use of personnel, facilities, equipment, training and
management is good government. It is good for the citizens
and it is good for the personnel whose job it is to protect
the life and property of those citizens.
We at CAL FIRE / San Luis
Obispo County Fire are proud to serve our communities and
perform our mission.
To serve and safeguard the
community from the impacts of fire, emergency injury and
illness, and other physical dangers by providing emergency
fire/rescue response, public education, planning, and
prevention for the County of San Luis Obispo and its
residents.
Deadly crash: Station 20 Responds to Hwy 101 and Hwy 166
 The accident happened just after 12:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon on Highway 101 between Santa Maria and  Nipomo. Rescue and clean-up crews converged on the highway after a pickup truck carrying four young people crashed.
Firefighters cut the roof off the truck, but one passenger, 20-year-old , died at the scene. Two others were rushed to the
hospital Read more
Los Osos couple safe after fire breaks out in their
kitchen overnight
 A
Los Osos couple is safe Thursday night after fire breaks out
in their kitchen.
The fire started just after
11:00 p.m. Wednesday in the 1100 block of 16th Street.
Firefighters said an electrical problem sparked the flames
Read more
CAL FIRE Contains Several Lightning Fires in San Luis Obispo County
CAL FIRE/SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY FIRE released the following
information on the multiple lightning-sparked fires burning
in San Luis Obispo County:
- The Orcutt Fire in Morretti Canyon
burned approximately 37 acres of grass and oak
woodlands. Cal Fire crews have contained and
extinguished the fire and will be on watch overnight and
Saturday morning.
- The Cuesta Fire at the base of the
Cuesta Grade was contained and extinguished by Cal Fire
crews at approximately eight to 10 acres.
- The Horton Fire above San Luis
Obispo High School was a 50' by 50' spot of grass. San
Luis Obispo City Fire and Cal Fire have contained and
extinguished the fire.
- The Edna Fire at Edna Ranch Circle
was a small spot of grass put out by PG&E.
- The Coyote Fire in the Suey Creek
area was a small spot of grass extinguished by Cal
Fire.
- The Round Fire on the ridge to the
east of Orcutt Road one mile south of the Orcutt Fire
was an approximately three and a half-acre grass fire
that has now been contained and extinguished by Cal
Fire.
Press Release
KSBY VIDEO
Map
of Lightning Strikes (1.5meg)
Presented by KSBY
All Burning in San Luis
Obispo County Suspended
The residents of San Luis Obispo County are no longer
allowed to do any type of burning until further notice. If
you violate this suspension you will be held liable for the
fire damage and suppression cost.
more info
Fire Hazard
Severity Zones
Maps
View and
download
Recommended and
Remaining Draft
Local
Responsibility
Area (including
Cities and other
Local Agencies)
Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Maps and Adopted
State
Responsibility
Area Fire Hazard
Severity Zone
Maps.
Responses to
Draft Maps for
Local
Jurisdictions
Posted
Local
Responsibility
Area Maps
From June to
September 2008
CAL FIRE is
posting
Recommended maps
for Very High
Fire Hazard
Severity Zones
in Local
Responsibility
Areas. For each
county, until
Recommended Maps
are posted,
Draft Maps used
to develop
recommendations
for cities and
unincorporated
LRA in the
county remain
available. For
draft maps, all
rankings (Very
High, High, and
Moderate) in
Local
Responsibility
Areas are shown
for reference.
For
recommendations,
only Very High
Zones are shown.
GIS data
associated with
maps of Very
High Fire Hazard
Severity Zones
in the Local
Responsibility
Area is also
available. It is
shown on a
countywide
basis.
State
Responsibility
Area Maps
CAL FIRE
adopted Fire
Hazard Severity
Zone maps for
State
Responsibility
Areas in
November 2007.
The maps and
related
regulations were
approved by the
Office of
Administrative
Law.
Is Your Property
in a Fire Hazard
Severity Zone?
CAL FIRE and the
University of
California,
Berkeley Center
for Fire
Research and
Outreach have
developed a
searchable map
of fire hazard
severity zones
in State
Responsibility
Areas in
California. The
site enables
users to enter
an address to
determine the
proposed fire
hazard zone for
a certain
property in SRA.
Development of
the 2007
California Fire
Hazard Severity
Zone Maps
Archive Maps
New County
GIS mapping website
The San
Luis Obispo County Department of Planning and
Building has a great "Interactive GIS Mapping"
website.
click here
This site
has some data layers that may be of interest to you
such as aerial photos, urban reserve lines, and
roads. We are hoping to get the new SRA Fire Hazard
Severity Zones on this site soon.
CAL FIRE / COMMUNIQUE
The Summer 2008 edition of the Communique is now
posted on the CAL FIRE Web site.
click here
CAL FIRE /
Connections NEWSLETTER
click here
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©
2008 State of California. Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Governor.