FORT JONES FIRE NEWS RELEASE
FORT JONES CITY HAS LIFTED BURN BAN

Residential burning is permitted, effective 8:00 a.m. Monday, October 25, 2021 on permitted burn days.

While cooler temperatures and recent precipitation have helped to diminish the threat of wildfire, you must still use caution when burning. Residents must use caution while conducting debris burns, follow all guidelines, and always ... (Full Story & Photos)

As of Monday, October 7th at 6:00 am, the burn permit suspension in Siskiyou County has been lifted.

Burn permits ARE required for any outdoor burning. Burn permits valid for addresses within Fort Jones city limits can be acquired at the Fort Jones Fire Department. For burn permits valid outside city limits, go to https://burnpermit.fire.ca.gov/ or visit a local Cal Fire station.

Call 530-842-8123 ... (Full Story)

Residential Burn Ban will take place on Monday June 24th 2019 until end of Fire Season. Please ensure your home and businesses have defensible space. For Tips on Defensible Space visit the link below. ... (Full Story)

On 4-20-2019 at about 0145 hours Fort Jones Fire Department was called to a report of a Vehicle in Kidder Creek in the area of Devil's Hole with a male adult possibly trapped in the vehicle or missing in the creek and two other victims accounted for.

First arriving was a Fort Jones Fire Department Chief Officer who reported a vehicle in the creek with two occupants which included a child and we're ... (Full Story & Photos)

As our mission and response area steadily changes so does our apparatus. For years we responded all over the Scott Valley Area with a light duty rescue truck with no water. With the increase in call volume we have chosen to upgrade to a Medium Duty Rescue that caries 300 Gallons of water and has a 500 Gallon Per Minute pump. There has been many times that we are coming back from a medical emergency ... (Full Story & Photos)