Letter: CalFire warning about scam

To the community,

It has come to our attention that residents in the Lake Tahoe Basin area may be receiving phone calls from a caller claiming to be with CalFifre who is soliciting funds.

CalFire has not, and will never, call residents asking them to donate money to support the department due to State budget cuts.

Amador-El Dorado-Sacramento Unit Chief Kelly Keenan states, “This is clearly a scam and we want to caution anyone who has received or may receive a phone call asking them to donate money to CalFire to hang up their phone. The state of California would never solicit funds in this manner.”

Teri Mizuhara, CalFire