El Dorado County Fire Safe Council

The mission of EI Dorado County Fire Safe Council is to protect the people of EI Dorado County and their property from the effects of catastrophic wildfire through education, cooperation, innovation and action.

CAL FIRE Presents The El Dorado County Fire Safe Council Their Partnership Award

CAL FIRE Battalion Chief Mike Webb presented their Partnership Award to the Board of Directors of the El Dorado County Fire Safe Council in recognition of the Council’s strong partnership

EDC Board of Supervisors recognizes Mark Almer

Mark Almer, “retiring”  Chair of the Grizzly Flats Fire Safe Council was recognized by the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors at a ceremony on July 18, 2017 in the

Residential Burning is Suspended

  CAMINO  After a wet winter, warming temperatures are quickly drying out the abundant annual grass crop. The increasing fire danger posed by the high volume of dead grass and

Reminder: All Fireworks are illegal in El Dorado County

Enjoy a safe and happy Fourth Of July.  All fireworks (including sparklers) are illegal in El Dorado County.  You are personally responsible for suppression costs and damages from fires originating

CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits

All burning is prohibited in El Dorado County until further notice. Please see the CAL FIRE web site for more details.

CAL FIRE – Ready For Wildfire

SMELL SMOKE? WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON?  Sign up for CAL FIRE’s new Ready for Wildfire app.  Visit their web site at www.readyforwildfire.org for more information on their app, defensible

PG&E Grant To Help Fund Chipping Program

Pacific Gas & Electric Company has agreed to provide funds to restart the El Dorado County Fire Safe Council’s Chipping Program. The program will be restarted immediately.

Friends of Seniors Spaghetti Feed

The Fiends of Seniors is having it’s 6th annual Spaghetti Feed benefiting the Senior Defensible Space Program in conjunction with the El Dorado County Fire Safe Council. The event will

CAL FIRE Launches New Ready for Wildfire App

Being Ready for Wildfire has never been easier with CAL FIRE’s new Ready for Wildfire app. This new tool puts a whole library of step-by-step checklists in the palm of

Butte Fire Pine Acres Success Story

The Pine Acres Fuelbreak is a Community Wildfire Protection Plan wildland fire fuels reduction project within unincorporated Amador County that was conceived, constructed and has been maintained through the cooperative