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October 18, 2012 - Training class for CEQA available Nov 13 in Oakland
A training class CEQA for Fire Departments will be held Nov 13th, from 9-3 at the Trudeau Center in Oakland, CA.
An expert panel from Ascent Environmental, Diablo FireSafe Council, University of California, and East Bay Regional Park District Fire and Legal Departments will examine all aspects of the CEQA process.
This is aimed at those participating in planning or implementing vegetation management projects for fire hazard reduction. The class will cover
• The required steps in this environmental review,
• When CEQA is or is not required,
• Ways to minimize controversy and lawsuits, and
• Best management practices.
Cost is only $45.00, and $35.00 if you’re a member of NorCal Fire Prevention Officers. Limited space is available.
View the attached flyer and sign up today!
October 16, 2012 - Firewise Principles for Wildfire Safety FREE Webinar
Join us at 1:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, November 8, for an online presentation on wildfire safety featuring the Firewise Communities Program. The 2011 wildfire season has been especially destructive. Learn about how wildfires behave and homes ignite. We will review the Firewise resources and materials available to help homeowners and communities come together to adapt to wildfire. Submit questions through November 7th. Your presenter will be Michele Steinberg, Firewise Communities Program Manager. Register for this webinar.
Twitter: Live Tweet the webinar with #Firewise or submit your question to @Firewise.
October 9, 2012 - Homeowners having good defensible space made the difference in the Sand Fire southeast of Placerville last week. www.inedc.com/1-2302
October 8, 2012 - Congress Restores Some Fire Prevention Cash
August 29, 2012 - Download the free guide from CAL-IPC on Prevention BMPs for Land Managers
Invasive plants can degrade the ecological integrity of wildlands, and land managers employ a range of tactics to reduce this damage. While controlling established infestation is important, prevention is the most cost-effective approach to reduce this damage.
The manual presents a set of voluntary guidelines and ready-to-use checklist to help those managing wildlands in California to prevent the accidental spread of terrestrial invasive plants.
August 15, 2012 - It's all about location, A history of fires across the San Gabriel Valley
July 26, 2012 - Wildfire report: Homes need larger buffer zone
By The Associated Press Published 2:22 p.m., Thursday, July 26, 2012
Read more: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Wildfire-report-Homes-need-larger-buffer-zone-3738162.php#ixzz23d6l8HjJ
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Latest Links
October 18, 2012 - Training class for CEQA available Nov 13 in Oakland
A training class CEQA for Fire Departments will be held Nov 13th, from 9-3 at the Trudeau Center in Oakland, CA.
An expert panel from Ascent Environmental, Diablo FireSafe Council, University of California, and East Bay Regional Park District Fire and Legal Departments will examine all aspects of the CEQA process.
This is aimed at those participating in planning or implementing vegetation management projects for fire hazard reduction. The class will cover
• The required steps in this environmental review,
• When CEQA is or is not required,
• Ways to minimize controversy and lawsuits, and
• Best management practices.
Cost is only $45.00, and $35.00 if you’re a member of NorCal Fire Prevention Officers. Limited space is available.
View the attached flyer and sign up today!
October 16, 2012 - Firewise Principles for Wildfire Safety FREE Webinar
Join us at 1:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, November 8, for an online presentation on wildfire safety featuring the Firewise Communities Program. The 2011 wildfire season has been especially destructive. Learn about how wildfires behave and homes ignite. We will review the Firewise resources and materials available to help homeowners and communities come together to adapt to wildfire. Submit questions through November 7th. Your presenter will be Michele Steinberg, Firewise Communities Program Manager. Register for this webinar.
Twitter: Live Tweet the webinar with #Firewise or submit your question to @Firewise.
October 9, 2012 - Homeowners having good defensible space made the difference in the Sand Fire southeast of Placerville last week. www.inedc.com/1-2302
October 8, 2012 - Congress Restores Some Fire Prevention Cash
August 29, 2012 - Download the free guide from CAL-IPC on Prevention BMPs for Land Managers
Invasive plants can degrade the ecological integrity of wildlands, and land managers employ a range of tactics to reduce this damage. While controlling established infestation is important, prevention is the most cost-effective approach to reduce this damage.
The manual presents a set of voluntary guidelines and ready-to-use checklist to help those managing wildlands in California to prevent the accidental spread of terrestrial invasive plants.
August 15, 2012 - It's all about location, A history of fires across the San Gabriel Valley
July 26, 2012 - Wildfire report: Homes need larger buffer zone
By The Associated Press Published 2:22 p.m., Thursday, July 26, 2012
Read more: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Wildfire-report-Homes-need-larger-buffer-zone-3738162.php#ixzz23d6l8HjJ
An Invitation
The Fire Safe Communities Association is a broad public forum in which to identify common concerns and issues, share experiences, explore creative ideas, reduce overhead through shared capabilities, and propose, develop, and implement flexible solutions to reduce the wildfire hazard in our local communities.
Rural areas of California and other locales have proven that a grassroots response to wildfire preparedness can be positively impacted by local action with the development, growth and successes of local Fire Safe Councils and other groups such as Firewise Communties, Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs), and Community Disaster Preparedness Plans. These efforts have created strong partnerships among the critical stakeholders in these local areas, not just to address fire suppression issues, but the broad areas of disaster preparedness, inter-agency communications, coordination of emergency response, and long term disaster planning.
But while this local response is effective, there is also a need for a statewide, or even nationwide, collaboration and support. The FSCA has been created in order to fill this need. We invite you to join us.
Rural areas of California and other locales have proven that a grassroots response to wildfire preparedness can be positively impacted by local action with the development, growth and successes of local Fire Safe Councils and other groups such as Firewise Communties, Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs), and Community Disaster Preparedness Plans. These efforts have created strong partnerships among the critical stakeholders in these local areas, not just to address fire suppression issues, but the broad areas of disaster preparedness, inter-agency communications, coordination of emergency response, and long term disaster planning.
But while this local response is effective, there is also a need for a statewide, or even nationwide, collaboration and support. The FSCA has been created in order to fill this need. We invite you to join us.