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    Mission Statement

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

    2010 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 (11)
    Jim Hamblin (11)
    Frank Stewart (10)
    Dale Meese (10)
    Allan Setzer (11)
    Mike De Lasaux (10)
    Scott Abrams (10)

    To Contact the Board
    FireSafe Council Meeting:

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

    The next meeting is Thursday September 9, 2010- 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

    "Between Home Ignition Zones"

    Here is another perspective of "Prepare, Stand & Defend" the Australian wildland firefighting model, following one of the worst wildfires in their history. In Australia protecting the home is the homeowners responsibility in a wildfire.

    A number of communities & counties have discussed implementing this strategy.

    I continue to believe that this approach will ONLY work if the first step" Prepare" is fully achieved. Obviously the first step in being "Prepared" is for the structure to have at least 30' of Defensible Space and removal of all materials around the structure that are easily ignited during the ember blizzard. It appears that they are not dissimilar to CA where we have a law (PRC 4291- Defensible Space) but enforcement is localized and limited statewide. There was also expression of similar concerns that followed the Angora Fire (Lake Tahoe) with the permitting process for clearing vegetation.

    Yet unlike in Australia, in CA we pay firefighters (with taxpayer dollars) in front of an approaching fire to attempt to create defensible space and/or spray protective gels, when the homeowners have had days, weeks, or years prior to prepare.

    Being prepared also includes that the people who choose to stay behind are healthy and capable enough to stay through the entire event and not opt out at a later time. This reinforces the concern that many fire agencies in CA have is that people may wait too long and then decide to try & get out well after the evacuation opportunity has passed. Further jeopardizing public and firefighter safety, as happened on the Harris Fire Burnover.

    Remember that studies in CA have shown that if you have a noncombustible roof and at least 30 feet of Defensible Space (CA now requires 100') that homes have an 86% chance of survival.

    Jerry Hurley PC FSC Coordinator

    Here is a copy of the letter of Recognition we received from Firewise Communities USA for our Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP).

    click here

    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

    See the new HFQLG Completed, Accomplished and Outyear Treatments and PNF WUIs map on the CWPP page Here

     

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


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