ONCC North Ops: CAL FIRE Appoints Chief Keith Larkin New Assistant Northern Region Chief #CaFire

Friday, November 15, 2013

ONCC North Ops: CAL FIRE Appoints Chief Keith Larkin New Assistant Northern Region Chief #CaFire

Chief Keith Larkin New Assistant Northern Region Chief

Fire Chief Keith Larkin

35+ Year Fire Service Veteran

Chief Larkin began his fire service career in 1974 as a seasonal firefighter with the California Department of Forestry (CAL FIRE). Over the last 33 years he has held assignments in 5 CAL FIRE Units throughout Northern California and worked his way up through the ranks to his current position as Unit Chief for CAL FIRE Fresno-Kings Unit and Fire Chief for Fresno County Fire Protection District.

Prior to accepting his current position as Fresno County Fire Chief, Chief Larkin served as the CAL FIRE Department Training Chief and was in charge of the training for 6000 Department employees as well as the Department's Training Academy in Ione, CA.

Other assignments have included managing Northern Operation in CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit, managing Vallecito Conservation Camp ( a 110 man inmate camp), managing Training Programs for CAL FIRE and the Office of State Fire Marshall, serving on CAL FIRE Incident Command Teams, serving as the CAL EMA Operational Area Coordinator for both Calaveras and Fresno Counties, and has served on numerous National, State and Local fire service committees.

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CFN - California Fire News 2013

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How fires get their names

Every year in California thousands of wildfires start throughout the state. In most cases, the dispatch center sending the initial resources to a wildland fire will designate a name for the fire, but the first on scene engine or fire official can also name the incident. Fires are usually named for the area in which they start – a geographical location, local landmark, street, lake, mountain, peak, etc. Quickly naming the fire provides responding fire resources with an additional locater, and allows fire officials to track and prioritize incidents by name. For example during the Southern California Fire Siege of 2003, the largest wildland fire in California history, the Cedar Fire in San Diego County, was named after the Cedar Creek Falls area where it started. The destructive Old Fire, which burned during the same time period in San Bernardino County, was named after the road along which it started - Old Waterman Canyon Road.

CAL FIRE is the largest fire department in California and the second largest fire department in the United States. CDF - CAL FIRE Firefighters answer the call more than 300,000 times a year. CAL FIRE Firefighters make up the fire department for 30 of our 58 counties in California and more than 100 local communities. We serve as the incident command during many of California’s most serious disasters. CAL FIRE Firefighters respond to many various types and forms of calls ranging from structural fires, to auto accidents, to earthquakes, to floods, to the spilling of hazardous materials, to every conceivable disaster; CAL FIRE answer's the calls. CAL FIRE is the largest fire department in California and the second largest fire department in the United States . CAL FIRE firefighters protect 33 million acres of State Responsibility Area (SRA). We have over 4,000 members within CAL FIRE and CAL FIRE is associated with the California Professional Firefighters (CPF) and the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF).

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Friday, November 15, 2013