CA: California Law Helps Former Prison Firefighters Get Fire Department Jobs

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Source: goodnewsinstead.com

For many people in California’s prisons, fighting wildfires offers more than a chance to serve their communities. The work pays better than other prison jobs and can bring purpose and variety to daily life. Incarcerated crews account for roughly half of the state’s firefighters. 

A new state law aims to help those firefighters turn their experience into careers after release. Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, AB 2483 establishes standardized ways to certify their training and gives qualified former fire-camp workers priority for certain entry-level jobs with Cal Fire. 

“The bill tells incarcerated firefighters that their hard-earned experience counts,” said Royal Ramey, chief executive of the nonprofit Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program. 

Ramey knows why that recognition matters. After fighting fires while…

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Amazing…no carve out or exceptions for PFRs to not be included…

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Didn’t mention registrants are excluded. Imagine that someone is putting their money where their mouth is and I’m sure he met people with sex offenses while he served time and might have a light bulb moment that most registrants aren’t horrible monsters waiting to rape children.

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I know those with sex charges are excluded from details like that in Georgia. I’d be surprised if it wasn’t the same in California (and everywhere else).

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FYI, people required to register under 290 (“PFR”) are ineligible to participate in “fire camp” to begin with. The reason I know is not only did I read So, this bill really means nothing for Registrants.

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Funny I EMT-P Instructor, FF 1& Ii certs from Chaffey a d Riverside CC’s and CAD.
Whilst in cancelation. NO fore station for YOU more equaled than any in their station DE IED YPURNA LEVEL 1 S.O. !

BTW CDC CHINO NO COLLEGE EITHER!!!
NO CONT EDU, Even a AS already before.

Denied.w

Glad to see Governor finally getting wirknfor.the labor intensive smoke inhalation physical mental job that are sometimes on a LG or a State Fire On The Front Line w tools. And cutting breaks.

No longer than cknthe box they still were denied.

Now these men and woman have a hotshot @a entry level.position for Wildland crews. Not just CCC

They know all the equip.ex ept class1 narcs

Congratz are I. Order x Institution FF’s [3]

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