Fire Safe San Mateo News

Wildfire Safety Blog and News from Fire Safe San Mateo.
Feb
02

Reflecting on the LA fires

It will happen here again: Reflecting on the LA fires and what it means for Bay Area fire prevention

Speaker
David Shew
Mark Brown
Michael Wara
Derek Fong

Date
Thu January 23rd, 2025, 12:30 - 1:30 pm

Event Sponsor
The Bill Lane Center for the American West

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Jan
26

CAL Fire SRA Wildfire Severity Map

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Fire Hazard Severity Zones Maps

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Jan
24

New Israeli wildfire defense system startup is coming to California

 FireDome, a new Israeli tech startup, has developed an innovative wildfire defense system modeled on the Iron Dome, one of the most successful anti-missile defense systems.

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Jan
21

Wildfire Defense Series

Wildfire Defense Series- Episode 2: Watch this video to learn about how the magnificent oak trees (Quercus spp.) are adapted against wildfire ignition and how they can be a benefit to our defensible space.

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Nov
16

Wood Products and Bioenergy Dept

11/13/24 Cal Fire Jason Butcher Forester II

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Jun
14

Fire Safe SMC 2024-06-12 Meeting Presentation

Presentation: A discussion with Genasys Protect and the Department of Emergency Management to learn more about the internal operations and how evacuation zones and resident notifications work in San Mateo County.
Presenter: Lisa Bernard

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Apr
17

WILL YOUR HOUSE SURVIVE AN EMBER STORM ?

WILL YOUR HOUSE SURVIVE AN EMBER STORM ?

WILL YOUR HOUSE

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Apr
15

FIRE SAFE SMC 2024-04-10 MEETING PRESENTATION

Fire SAfe SMC 2024-04-10 Meeting Presentation

Presentation: NIST, presents their scientific research on the separation of structures for ignition potential.

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Jan
08

NO FIRE SAFE MEETING IN JANUARY 10TH 2024

NO FIRE SAFE MEETING IN Janyary 10th 2024

Hello Fire Safe Members and Wildfire Resiliency Advocates -

There will be no Fire Safe meeting this Wednesday. We hope you are all enjoying the busy holiday season with friends and family and wishing you all the best in bringing in the new year.
I want to extend a special thank you to all our contractors, foresters, biologists, and hand crews, who have worked so hard in 2023 on our neighborhood chipping events and our various fuels treatment projects.

Happy Holidays,

Denise Enea
FSSMC
Executive Director

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Dec
17

FIRE SAFE SMC 2023-11-08 MEETING PRESENTATION

Presentation: The N5Shield wildfire and air quality community detection system. This system is different from other wildfire detection or camera systems.
Presenter: Debra Deininger of N5 Sensors.

Chat transcript link. click here

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