Camp Fire

noun

1. a U.S. organization for girls and boys that emphasizes the building of character and good citizenship through work, health, and love; originally founded for girls Camp Fire girls in 1910, it is now open to both boys and girls Camp Fire members.

Example Sentences

Recent fires, including the 2018 Camp fire in Paradise and Woolsey fire in Malibu, have made the issue too hard to ignore.

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In a March report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, researchers who spent years investigating the response to the Camp fire recommended a network of safety zones and temporary fire refuge areas as a strategy to keep residents alive.

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The Camp fire ripped through Paradise in the early morning on Nov. 8, 2018.

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In 2020, Newsom signed a law that allows nonviolent incarcerated people who worked on a conservation camp fire crew to have their records expunged.

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Counties across California have commissioned reports that have highlighted severe problems with coordination and failures to send out evacuation alerts and warnings — from the 2017 Tubbs fire, which killed 22 people in the wine country, to the 2018 Camp fire, which destroyed the town of Paradise and killed 85 people.

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