H E L P F U L   L I N K S CURRENT NEWS / HAPPENINGS
• EDC Fire Safe Council - Agendas & Minutes
 
• Useful Resources in Pre Fire and Emergency Planning
• Chipper Program
• El Dorado County Wildfire Protection Plan
• Local Fire Safe Councils
• New California Defensible Space Requirements
• Prescribed Burning
• Request for Green Waste Voucher
• California Department of Forestry
CAL FIRE Encourages Wildfire
Preparedness — (05/07/12)
• California Department of Forestry
Living in the Woods — (05/03/12)
• California Department of Forestry
Your 1st Line of Defense — (05/02/12)
• California Department of Forestry
Are You READY? Part II of III — (04/30/12)
• California Department of Forestry
Residential Burn Permits Required
May 1st — (04/19/12)
• Resource Conservation Districts
Creating Fire Safe Forests in El Dorado County - Workshop May 4th
• California Department of Forestry
CAL FIRE Crew Readiness Exercise — (04/11/12)
• California Department of Forestry
Are You READY? Part I of III — (04/10/12)
• California Department of Forestry
AEU-CAL FIRE Launches New Website — (03/27/12)
• EDCFSC Financial Audit 2009-2010
 


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About the Fire Safe Council

Education and community outreach is a top priority for the Fire Safe Council of El Dorado County. We make the residents of the County aware of the risks of living within a Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and what they can do to protect their home and property from wildfire. Creating defensible space is their responsibility. Over the past Decades, people have moved into the forest and wildland environment because of the natural resources and rural atmosphere; It is a beautiful place to live. However many people build homes in this environment with little or no knowledge of what it means to live with the threat of catastrophic wildfires.
 
Our goal is to make residents aware of their responsibilities for their property and to their community. We are all in this together because wildfire recognizes no property lines or boundaries. Nationally over the past four years, millions of acres of forest and private land, thousands of homes, and many lives have been lost due to catastrophic wildfires. When you live in the Wildland Urban Interface, wildfires are a fact of life: it is not IF, but WHEN, you will be involved in a wildfire.
 
Although the El Dorado County Fire Safe Council was formed in late 2001, in a very short time, the Council has become the central driving force and forum for fire safe projects throughout the county. Together we are making a difference!
 
We are a California non-profit, Public Benefit Corporation recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. As stated in our Bylaws, our mission is "to protect the people of El Dorado County and their property from the effects of catastrophic wildfire through education, cooperation, innovation, and action." The council was organized in September 2001 and currently has over 150 individuals from the public and private sectors on our Council Communication Network who are committed to making El Dorado County more fire safe.
 
 
About El Dorado County

El Dorado County is situated almost entirely within Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest, oak woodlands and heavy chaparral vegetation types. The county comprises 1,805 square miles with over half in National Forests and recreation areas. The remainder of the county is comprised primarily of homes, businesses and subdivisions scattered throughout wildland vegetation. Sacramento County borders on the west and the eastern boundary is the State of Nevada. Placer County is to the north and Amador County to the south.
 
The population of El Dorado County is rapidly expanding into these vegetation types with residential and commercial development occurring in wildland/urban interface areas that are traditionally considered high fire hazard risk. The population growth of the county is primarily made up of individuals with little knowledge of the risks associated with living near heavy vegetation. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) classifies this area as Very High Fire Hazard. In addition, the CA Fire Plan indicates that some or all of the wildland fire threat to this county comes from the adjacent Federal Lands.
 
 
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