The California conservation or fire camp program is jointly run by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CalFire, and Los Angeles County Fire Department. The camps are ...
California’s Conservation (Fire) Camp Program is a collaboration between the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), the California Department of Corrections and ...
"CDCR Fire Camp Program firefighters are proud to be embedded with CAL FIRE personnel to protect ... Inmate firefighters from Oak Glen Conservation Camp near Yucaipa, California fight the Easy ...
By Alexis Alvarez, Feb. 4, 2025 The voluntary and selective Conservation (Fire) Camp program, which sent out more than 1,000 prisoners to the frontlines of the Eaton and Pacific Palisades fires, often ...
The prisoners, who voluntarily sign up to be a part of the Conservation (Fire) Camps program, are embedded with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection crew members (Cal Fire).
The imprisoned firefighters volunteer to participate in CDCR's Conservation ... day served on a fire crew. Camp participants are eligible for employment with Cal Fire once they have served ...
Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Where did it start and what do participants actually do and get paid?