Fire Safe San Mateo County would like to share this article with the Fire Safe Council membership from Wildfire today by Jack Cohen and Dave Strohmaier.
Community destruction during extreme wildfires is a home ignition problem
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Nov
10
Nov
04
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! SIGN UP HERE!!
Drop off chipping event for Loma Mar and Dearborn Park. Two weekends in November. Drop off your material between 10am-4pm on the following dates at Redwood Glen, 100 Wright Drive, Loma Mar, CA
- November 7 & 8
- November 14 & 15
Nov
04
Curb-side chipping event in the Highlands neighborhood.
Chipping will be available for half of the residents on November 16 and half on November 18. Residents should recieve brochures (linked below) indicating what date their house will be eligible for the chipping service.
Nov
04
The Tahoe RCD is hosting a virtual workshop for building professionals on retrofitting and building homes to withstand wildfire and are hoping you can share the flyer (attached) with building professionals you work with! The workshop isn't specific to any one geography and will apply to all building professionals working in wildfire-prone areas. Please reach out directly to Carlie Murphy, the Fire Adapted Communities Coordinator (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), if you have any questions.
Nov
01
Drop off chipping event for Loma Mar and Dearborn Park. Two weekends in November. Drop off your material between 10am-4pm on the following dates at Redwoo Glen, 100 Wright Drive, Loma Mar, CA
- November 7 & 8
- November 14 & 15
Nov
01
Drop off chipping event for La Honda. Three weekends in November. Drop off your material between 10am-4pm on the following dates at Cuesta La Honda.
- November 7 & 8
- November 14 & 15
- November 21 & 22
Oct
29
Curb-side chipping event for select streets in Montara and Moss Beach
Oct
28
Wildfire Resilience: Best Practices in Real Estate and Land Use by Global ULI Online. October 30, 2020. LINK HERE:
https://americas.uli.org/events/detail/163A8649-80C3-47C7-8549-ED18318357D1/ /
This event has a general focus on a nation-wide audience about how the real estate industry is responding to increasing wildfire risks and impacts with building design, land use policy, and community resilience solutions.
The Virtual Wildland Urban Interface (#VirtualWUI) conference is being hosted by the International Association of Fire Chiefs on November 4-5, 2020. LINK HERE: https://www.eventscribe.com/2020/WUI/index.asp
We encourage you to review the schedule to identify interesting presentations. Several sessions are concurrent, so if you attend one, it would be great if you could report back a summary to the council at our next Fire Safe San Mateo County (FSSMC) meeting. (please note, times follow the Eastern Time Zone). Register Here.
Oct
06
Message from Good Fire Alliance:
Fire Forward has scheduled two additional Basic Wildland Firefighter (and Firelighter) Training field days – one for March 6 and one for March 7. If you’d like to attend, please sign up at either of the registration links below, share with folks who may be interested, and make sure you get an early start on the online prerequisite work required for the field day (about 35-40 hours of online training material hosted by NWCG and FEMA). We hope to see you there!
March 6, 2021:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/123957250473
March 7, 2021:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/123957962603
A limited number of fee waivers are available on an as needed basis; email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Fire Forward Director) for more information.