California has had 60 per cent more wildfires so far in 2020 than last year because of drier weather, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday, and ...
A man photographs flames with a smart phone at a wildfire dubbed the Cave Fire, burning in the hills of Santa Barbara, California, U.S., November 26, 2019. REUTERS/David McNewSACRAMENTO: California has had 60 per cent more wildfires so far in 2020 than last year because of drier weather, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday , and he promised increased funding for firefighting even as the state's budget faces a US$54 billion hit from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
Part of that money is aimed at helping California keep up its firefighting efforts amid changes wrought by public health efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, Newsom said at his daily press briefing.For example, the state anticipates losing the assistance of 80 fire crews made up of state prison inmates, because many are being released early to ease crowding.
For example, instead of using school gymnasiums for evacuation centres, the state might send evacuees to hotels, where conditions will be less crowded. If large auditoriums or gyms are used as evacuation centres, families might be separated by partitions, and people who have contracted or been exposed to the virus kept in separate quarters, Ghilarducci said.
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