Social media rumors about CA emission testing out-of-state fire trucks are false [Video]

DAVIS, Calif. — Misinformation about the Southern California wildfires is spreading rapidly, and the Cal Fire Davis Equipment Facility lot is getting national attention on social media over what inspections happened there before crews were sent to the Los Angeles County fires.

Every single Cal Fire vehicle starts at the Mobile Equipment Facility in Davis before being sent to its department to be in service. Cal Fire owns and operates more than 3,000 vehicles, everything from bulldozers, fire engines and snow mobiles. 

Staff is responsible for design, acquisition, maintenance, major repairs, replacement and disposal of all Cal Fire-owned vehicles They make sure the vehicles going into dangerous situations are safe and not in need of repair.

But last week their workload grew as fire departments from Idaho, Washington and Oregon made their way to the Southern California wildfires. Darren Law, the senior forestry …