Lakehills Fire Safe Council
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Welcome to our webpage! The Lakehills Fire Safe Council, a non-profit corporation, is an associate council within the El Dorado County Fire Safe Council. Serving the North Peninsula area of El Dorado Hills, CA, the all-volunteer Lakehills Fire Safe Council works to provide a common voice and community effort toward protecting against wildland fires in our area. This is accomplished through a combination of volunteer hours, agency partnerships, community education and obtaining funding to pay for reduction of local vegetation loads.
Our History
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A volunteer group of neighbors formed the Lakehills Fire Safe Council in July, 2012 following a June 9, 2012, Multi-Agency Disaster Drill and Evacuation Exercise held in Lakehills Estates. In 2013 Lakehills Estates earned the designation as a Firewise community. In 2014, the villages of Southpointe and Lakeridge Oaks joined the council and also became Firewise communities.
Today’s Mission
- Reduce the risk of loss of life and property due to wildfire within the North Peninsula area of El Dorado Hills. This is accomplished through a combination of volunteer hours, agency partnerships, community education and action, along with obtaining grants to fund reduction of local fire vegetation loads.
Leadership Team
Board of Directors
- Richard Slepian, President
- Steve Willis, Vice President
- Jim Moitoza, Treasurer
- Wendy Slepian, Secretary
- Richard Young, Director
- Rob Vomund, Director
Area Served
- The Lakehills Fire Safe Council serves the area of El Dorado Hills, CA, that is located north of Green Valley Road. The 3 existing member communities encourage each neighborhood to organize and promote defensible space for all their residences and vacant lots. All interested individuals are welcome to attend meetings and add the fire safe council as a resource.
Facebook: We post relevant local fire information to our Facebook page. Please LIKE or FOLLOW us!
Newsletter: We also send out a free monthly newsletter, filled with educational information to help you stay fire safe! Click below to subscribe.
Meetings: The Lakehills Fire Safe Council hosts regular meetings at the El Dorado Hills Fire Department Main Station #85, 1050 Wilson Blvd. Meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month, March through October, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm. There are no meetings November, December, January and February.
Please feel free to download and use these PDF documents.
Lakehills Fire Safe Council publishes a monthly newsletter. Use the links below to read the current and past issues.
Lakehills Fire Safe Council has created, and regularly updates, a customized Community Wildfire Protection Plan, also known as a CWPP. A CWPP enables communities, such as ours, to plan how to reduce the risk of wildfire. A CWPP identifies strategic sites and methods for fuel reduction projects across the landscape and jurisdictional boundaries.
Email: lakehillsfiresafecouncil@gmail.com
Address: 561 Guadalupe Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762