• Mosquito Fire Plan & Vegetation Management • Cameron Park Fuels Mgmt     About Mosquito Fire Plan & Vegetation Management Saturday, May 31, 2003 was a happy one for the residents of Mosquito in Placerville, California. The small mountain community, a neighbor of the Eldorado National Forest, had applied for a grant from the Community Protection Program of the United States Forest Service, to manage forest fuels adjacent to the Forest and the Community. Eldorado Forest Fire Chief Scott Vail and District Ranger Tim Dabney of the Georgetown Ranger District presented a check for $154,825 to Devery Minor, Battalion Chief of the Mosquito Volunteer Fire Department. The funds will be used to develop a strategic plan and a management plan, and will provide the means to put the plans into action on the ground over the next 18 months to reduce dangerous fuel levels.   About Cameron Park Fuels Mgmt The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) has identified the community of Cameron Park as a high priority for fire safe planning and fuels reduction within the CDF Amador-El Dorado Unit. The area in and around Cameron Park is inundated with heavy fire fuels in close proximity to significant numbers of homes constructed prior to modern fire safe building codes. The wildland urban interface condition that exists within Cameron Park is considered by many in El Dorado County to present one of the greatest potentials for large numbers of homes and businesses to be lost to catastrophic wildfire. Many fire professionals make reference to the Oakland Hills Fire when discussing the potential for loss in Cameron Park.