CalFire ramping up for early fire season
By Len Ramirez, KPIX
While the calendar says February, CalFire is getting an early start on making sure it has enough staff to battle this year’s wildfires.
One by one, applicants walked in to CalFire headquarters in Morgan Hill for their job interviews wearing business suits. What they really want to wear are fire coats, helmets and goggles, battling wildfires up and down the state this summer.
About 1,200 applied to become firefighters. Three hundred are getting interviews, but only a very select few will get a job.