General News

CalFire assistant chief follows dad’s footsteps  The legacy of the Machado family and CalFire grew this week with the announcement that Stan Machado has been appointed Tulare Unit Operations assistant chief. The position of assistant fire chief is nothing new to the Machado family. Stan has followed his father, John Machado’s footsteps to the rank […]

Please mark your calendars for the Retirement Celebration for Doug Wenham, Friday May 16, 2014. More information to follow. Kim Young CAL FIRE 6105 Airport Road Redding, CA 96001 530-224-2489

Cal Fire plans to move HQ to Sonora Written by Mike Morris, The Union Democrat     February 27, 2014 12:30 pm Plans are under way for Cal Fire’s Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit to eventually relocate its headquarters from San Andreas to Sonora. Unit Chief Josh White informed the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors of the plans this week,

News on Lovae Martines retired Region Chief Bob Martines wife. Lovae as many will remember was a PIO in the San Bernardino unit and was a long time CHP employee and “fan”. His son Dave Martines, an RRU HEM has asked that I put the word out to the department that she was diagnosed of

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All, The following is an update on retired CAL FIRE Battalion Chief William (Bill) Lord and former RRU/RVC Training Chief. Yesterday, we learned that Chief Lord, retired from the Indio area, and the east end of Riverside County, was admitted to Hospice care and is not expected to live much longer. Several retirees visited Chief

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In the last email I sent out one item was regarding Chief Tom McEwen’s 19 year old daughter Kelli.   We are currently collecting a small amount of money to buy Kelli an IPad so she can entertain herself during all of these treatments (contact Janet Arthur if you would like to help) Below contact info

Barbara Glavich was the secretary for the Mendocino Unit for many years. She has been diagnosed with lung cancer and undergoing treatment at Stanford. She has been getting chemo in intervals because they don’t want her immune system to fall too low. I talked with her several days ago and she is in good spirits

Come join us for our 25 Year Club Meeting! Remember you don’t need 25 years of service to attend, just come out and meet those who paved the way for you and your career. 25 Flyer page 1 25 Flyerp2