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    "Is Your Home Safe From Fire"


    To learn more about the importance of Defensible Space. The video includes gripping testimony from residents of the Deer Creek Subdivision, whose homes were threatened by the Poe Cabin Fire during the summer of 2007. Homes that had been prepared with hazardous fuels reduction/defensible space survived the fire even though fire behavior was extreme. There are also segments on 1) how to conduct your own Firewise Home Assessment, 2) better understanding and addressing wildfire behavior and many more small clips in this 12 segment video. Click on the link http://www.idahofireplan.org/video/ and scroll down to begin viewing the clips by clicking on them.*

    Mission Statement

    "To reduce the loss of natural and manmade resources caused by wildfire through Firewise community programs and pre-fire activities."

    2009 Annual Goals:

    • Implement and amend as necessary the Plumas County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP),
    • Increase public knowledge and awareness of the wildland fire hazard and efforts they can make to reduce their threat,
    • Develop more community-based involvement,
    • Implement community hazardous fuel reduction projects,
    • Continue to pursue grant funds,
    • Develop a strategy to provide for sustainable and renewable project funding and reduce the Council's dependence on grant funding
    • Explore green waste disposal options and community chipping options.

    Board of Directors

    Chair
    Brian West, (10)
    Vice Chair
         Mike Callaghan, (10)
    Secretary/Treasurer
    Jay Skutt (10)
    Andy Anderson (09)
    Jim Hamblin (09)
    Frank Stewart (10)
    Dale Meese (08)
    Allan Setzer (09)
    Kelly Stane (10)
    Mike De Lasaux (10)
    Scott Abrams (10)

    To contact Board
     
    FireSafe Council Meeting:

    PC FSC holds their regularly scheduled monthly meetings on the 2nd Thursday of each month

    The next meeting is Thursday July 9, 2009 - 9:00 am. at the County Planning & Building Services Conference Room

    Plumas County Planning & Building Services
    is located at; 555 Main Street 
    (The old brick Feather Publishing Building diagonally across the street from the County Courthouse) 

    PCFSC will make every reasonable attempt to comply with the American Disabilities Act (ADA) and accommodate any attendee or participant at our meetings needing special assistance beyond what is normally provided. Please contact the John Sheehan at 530-283-3739 at least 5 business days prior to a scheduled meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible. Please advise us at the time you call if special assistance is required to attend or participate in meetings on a regular basis.*

    NOTICES

    Information on a study of home losses in a wildfire following the 2007 fires in San Diego in one sub-division.

    Of interest is the reinforcement of PC FSC's key messages. {A) Be prepared for the ember Blizzard ["its the little things"] B) there are not enough engines and suppression resources when it happens, and C), Defensible Space is important}. Embers entered the community when the fire was 2.8 miles away, starting small fires (2:30 AM). Within 1 hour (3:30 AM) of the embers arriving, 3 homes were burning within the next hour 23 homes were burning. Homes were discovered igniting up until 12 hours later. IN all 74 homes lost, and there was some suppression presence. While Police & Fire were present with the evacuation process and suppression efforts, including citizens,there are NEVER going to be enough resources where & when you need them. Lastly in a number of the documented cases ( Like Los Alamos) burning vegetation adjacent to the structure was responsible for the structure's ignition. Click here for additional information and links from Roger Sprehn a Fire Marshall in the Bay Area.

    Information for Foresters & HFR Contractors

    For a listing of available projects; click here
    Revised closing date for the Elderly or Disabled project

    PC FSC members

    Attached is a link I believe many will find helpful as a Homeowner and Community Guide "Safer from the Start: A Guide to Firewise-Friendly Developments"There is something for everyone, including County planners, developers, builders, landscapers, community organizations as well as the homeowner.

    The guide, now available on the “Resources for the Homeowner” page at www.firewise.org, provides developers of new communities and residents of existing community associations a tool they can use to integrate Firewise concepts into design and development, as well as their covenants, conditions and restrictions and architectural rules.

    Jerry Hurley
    PC FSC Coordinator

    Plumas County Community WildFire ProtectionPlan (CWPP)

    Plumas County Fuels Assessment & Strategy

     

    Plumas Fire Safe Council
    P.O. Box 1225
    Quincy, CA 95971
    530-283-0829


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