CA ACR271

Commemorates the 10-year anniversary of the 2008 California wildfire season, which burned 1,593,690 acres of land.

Honors 13 firefighters who lost their lives during the 2008 fire season, which claimed 32 total lives.

Documents major fires including the June Fire Siege (ignited by 25,000-26,000 dry lightning strikes), the Montecito Tea Fire (210 homes destroyed), the Sayre Fire (630+ structures destroyed, worst residential loss in Los Angeles history), and the Freeway Complex Fire (30,305 acres burned).

Notes that over 20,000 firefighters were engaged at peak operations, with 400 California National Guard troops deployed for the first time since 1977.

Attributes the season's severity to three years of below-normal rainfall, with spring 2008 recording record-low precipitation (0.67 inches in San Francisco, 0.17 inches in Sacramento).