• NFPA has all of your holiday safety needs covered. They have decorating advice, Christmas tree safety tips, and holiday cooking suggestions. Take a look!
• Another installment in the Firewise® virtual workshop series. This session takes on urban legends.
• Researchers at Penn State compiled a 400 year fire history of the Sierra Nevadas, and found some interesting evidence of how human actions influence fire regimes.

• Ready.gov’s tips on how to prepare for the holidays.
• Firewise® continues to make a difference around the country.
• The NFPA has released its fourth Fire Service Needs Assessment, which doesn’t contain advice for homeowners, but does provide some interesting insights and analysis of the state of fire service in the country, and where improvements are needed.

We hope you had a great Thanksgiving, and be sure to have a fun, firewise weekend.

Here is a message from Supervisor Wheeler’s office. Click on the attachments to download:

Hello District 5 Constituents,

This is a friendly reminder that Supervisor Wheeler will be hosting his next town hall meeting at the Oakhurst Community Center (39800 Rd 425B) on January 12, 2017 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. I have attached the event flyer here (1). Additionally there are a number of other items attached. [Read more…]

Thanksgiving is almost here, and chances are, you planning on cooking a delicious turkey dinner for your family and relatives. Just remember that Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires, so please be safe and check out the collection of cooking tips we have assembled for you below.

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• Fire codes to be aware of when you’re cooking that Thanksgiving turkey.
• Is the sprinkler a success?
• The drought has now killed over 102 million trees in California.