CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Ecological Forest Restoration (ecological thinning combined with controlled burns) can significantly reduce the risk of megafires in fire-adapted conifer forests.

Detailed explanation-2: -California uses controlled burns as a technique to mitigate wildfires. The California fire agency purposefully sets fires in order to minimize the threat of destruction from accidental fires.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 2020, Newsom signed an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service, in which USFS and California each promised to perform 500, 000 acres of fire prevention and forest management work in the state every year by 2025. To help meet the state’s responsibility, the Newsom administration launched CalVTP in late 2019.

Detailed explanation-4: -One critical tool we use to prevent wildfires is the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS), in which we may temporarily shut off power to your neighborhood during dangerous weather conditions to prevent our electric system from becoming a source of ignition.