Victoria and California to share bushfire and drought plans

By Richard Willingham, State Political Correspondent
Updated July 7 2015 - 12:13pm, first published 12:03pm
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services director Mark Ghilarducci, Victorian Emergency Services Minister Jane Garrett and Victorian Emergency Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley sign a deal  in Sacramento to share emergency management strategies.  Photo: Supplied
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services director Mark Ghilarducci, Victorian Emergency Services Minister Jane Garrett and Victorian Emergency Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley sign a deal in Sacramento to share emergency management strategies. Photo: Supplied

The lessons from Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires are being closely studied by the Californian government as it grapples with its own crippling drought and year-round threat of wild fire.

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