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Cal Fire releases 2017 year end fire totals

EL CAJON – Cal Fire, throughout 2017, provided periodic updates on the current statewide wildland fire statistics. Early on, it recognized that California was experiencing an unprecedented increase in the total number of fires as well as total acres burned.

The numbers below reflect that fact. Moving into a new year, those numbers reset and become the history that Cal Fire measures all future years against. It is important to recognized that fire danger in San Diego remains elevated.

Cal Fire San Diego and San Diego County Fire would like to take this opportunity to remind the public that wildland fire prevention and preparedness are a year-round effort. For tips on personal and family preparation, please visit http://www.readyforwildfire.org and http://www.readysandiego.org. Additionally, Cal Fire maintains an app for iOS and Android devices that can be found by searching “Ready For Wildfire” in their respective app stores.

From January 1 – December 31, 2017:

2017 (Cal Fire) – 7,117 fires for 505,956 acres

2017 (Federal) – 2,016 fires for 742,650 acres

2017 (combined) – 9,133 fires for 1,248,606 acres

2016 (Cal Fire) – 4,785 fires for 244,319 acres

Average (Cal Fire) – 4,835 fires for 202,786 acres

*Note: Totals do not include the over 281,600 acres that have burned in the Thomas Fire.

*Note: There were 80 new wildfires during the time period of Dec. 26, 2017 to Jan. 2, 2018 in California, of which 75 were within Cal Fire’s jurisdiction.

 

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