The Fire Service reflects our larger society as a whole, consequently a variety of organizations have developed to support the diverse desires and needs of the fire service. The following two links are two of the largest resources available to firefighters in California:

The California Professional Firefighters
International Association of Firefighters

In addition the California Professional Firefighters maintain a list of all local Firefighter affiliates and a California Fire Department Directory:
California Local Affiliates
California Fire Department Directory

Other Fire Service Employee Association Links:

California Department of Forestry Firefighters
International Association of Black Professional Firefighters
National Association of Hispanic Firefighters
Wildland Firefighter Foundation
Women in the Fire Service
Cal OSHA
National Fire Protection Association
Current Fire Weather Information
Current National Wildland Fire Activity, National Incident Information Center
National Interagency Fire Center
U.S. Fire Administration
National Fire Academy

 

We have divided the resources into three areas:

Children and Teachers
Firefighter resources
Local resources

In addition you might want to go directly to some local government resources:

Palo Alto Fire Department
City of Palo Alto
Stanford University