Protect Your Family & Property from Wildfire
The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District (Metro Fire) is sponsoring a free workshop on assessing wildfire hazards in the home ignition zone.
From the Fire Break blog of the NFPA:
If you live or work in the Sacramento area, don’t miss the final in a series of great workshops sponsored by the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District (Metro Fire) next week on June 13-14. [Read more…]
Here is a fantastic resource guide for all things wildfire preparedness: Firewise®, CAL FIRE Ready, Set, Go and Fire Adapted Communities. From the NFPA Firewise® Web Site:
Public information officers, incident personnel, partner organizations, volunteer fire departments and others who need help communicating to residents about wildfire preparedness can reference the Communicators Resource Guide that provides resources, tips and templates you can use for media interviews and meetings with community leaders and local residents.
The Hunter’s Fire is now 1,300 acres and 20% contained according to CAL FIRE. This Coulterville area wildfire started yesterday May 26 with a structure fire that spread to surrounding vegetation.
Yosemite fire managers announced the 2014 fire season officially begins today.
This year’s inaugural national Wildfire Community Preparedness Day is May 3, 2014. Please share the importance of community-wide participation in this event! [Read more…]
