{"id":2477691,"date":"2025-08-22T14:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T18:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-pre-deploys-fire-resources-as-fire-weather-hits-ca\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T14:05:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T18:05:52","slug":"newsom-pre-deploys-fire-resources-as-fire-weather-hits-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-pre-deploys-fire-resources-as-fire-weather-hits-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom pre-deploys fire resources as fire weather hits CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewsom-pre-deploys-fire-resources-as-fire-weather-hits-ca%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2477691&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that California Governor Gavin Newsom has pre-deployed firefighting resources to Inyo County in response to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-hospitalized-undergoing-medical-evaluation\/\" title=\"Israeli PM Netanyahu hospitalized, undergoing medical evaluation.\">ongoing heat wave<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flood-threat-continues-across-the-southern-u-s\/\" title=\"Flood threat continues across the southern U.S.\">critical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/farmers-worry-amid-drought-conditions-across-western-u-s\/\" title=\"Farmers worry amid drought conditions across Western U.S.\">fire weather conditions<\/a><\/a> in Southern California. This move is part of the state&#8217;s Phase 2 wildfire preparedness plan, activated due to red Flag warnings issued by the National Weather Service, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wildfire-season-here-is-what-you-need-to-be-prepared\/\" title=\"Prepare for Wild... Season\">signaling high fire risk<\/a> over the next 24 hours. Expected conditions include temperatures around 100 degrees, combined with dry and windy weather, which increase wildfire risks by drying out vegetation and spreading flames rapidly.Resources already pre-deployed to six other counties-Los Angeles, San Diego, Kern, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Bernardino-now include Inyo, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >total deployment encompassing fire engines<\/a>, water tenders, bulldozers, helicopters, hand crews, dispatchers, and incident Management Teams. The strategy aims to enable swift responses to new fires to minimize damage. Local fire agencies assess their needs and request state support, coordinating the deployment details.Officials emphasize the importance of early wildfire containment during hot weather to prevent fires from growing uncontrollable. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Newsom pre-deploys fire resources as fire weather hits CA<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2210082\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &mdash;&nbsp;Southern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California<\/a> is gearing up for its current heat wave, with Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> pre-deploying additional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wildfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">firefighting<\/a> resources to Inyo County on Thursday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The pre-deployment of resources to the county, which is part of the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range, is part of California&rsquo;s Phase 2 plan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3778870\/tour-bus-crash-involving-tractor-trailer-closes-new-york-highway\/\">Tour bus crash involving tractor trailer closes New York highway<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3778839\/soros-dark-money-funded-protest-racially-charged-winsome-earle-sears-sign\/\">Soros and dark money funded Virginia protest where woman held racially charged sign<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3778905\/texas-senate-passes-camp-safety-bill\/\">Texas Senate passes camp safety bill after hearing from devastated parents<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The plan started Wednesday in response to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/wrh\/fire?wfo=lox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Weather Service<\/a>&lsquo;s Red Flag warnings&nbsp;for several counties in Southern California, according to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2025\/08\/21\/governor-newsom-predeploys-resources-to-inyo-county-continuing-states-prep-for-critical-fire-weather-conditions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a>&nbsp;from Newsom&rsquo;s office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Red Flag warnings mean fire weather conditions are happening or expected to happen within the next 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service is forecasting 100-degree weather in several Southern California counties, with dry and windy conditions to hit several areas as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>California&rsquo;s Phase 2 plan aims to ramp up state and local coordination of resources to prepare for the extreme fire weather lasting through Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The California Governor&rsquo;s Office of Emergency Services approved the pre-deployment of resources, already pre-deploying resources to six other counties earlier this week. Those counties are Los Angeles, San Diego, Kern, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Bernardino.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 52 fire engines, 10 water tenders, nine bulldozers, five helicopters, 10 hand crews, 14 dispatchers and two Incident Management Teams have been pre-deployed across the seven counties, which now include Inyo.<\/p>\n<p>The pre-deployment of resources is a part of California&rsquo;s wildfire response strategy and is designed to ensure quick responses to new fires and minimize the destruction from new wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>David Acuna, battalion chief and public information officer at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, told The Center Square Thursday it is important to stop wildfires early when the weather is hot because if the fires get larger, conditions make it harder to stop the fire.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hot, dry and windy conditions are forecast for the rest of the week in Southern California. Such conditions &ldquo;increase the risk of wildfires because it causes vegetation to dry out and become more receptive to fire spread,&rdquo; Chris Dargan, crisis communication and public affairs officer at the Governor&rsquo;s Office of Emergency Services, told The Center Square Thursday. &ldquo;And windy conditions fan flames and can cause embers to travel ahead of the fire causing spot fires in new locations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3778695\/lackluster-enthusiasm-california-redistricting-ballot-measure-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LACKLUSTER ENTHUSIASM FOR NEWSOM&rsquo;S BALLOT MEASURE COULD DERAIL REDISTRICTING EFFORTS: POLL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pre-deployment of resources comes when local fire agencies think they might need additional resources to help combat conditions in their communities and submit a request to the state.<\/p>\n<p>Dargan said local officials decide the assignments and staging locations of the resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsom pre-deploys fire crews to Inyo amid heat wave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2477692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gavin-newsom-california-mogging.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[4045,61791,3678],"class_list":["post-2477691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-california","tag-fire-resources","tag-newsom"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gavin-newsom-california-mogging.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2477691"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477695,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477691\/revisions\/2477695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2477692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2477691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2477691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2477691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}