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.

Chipping Program Grant Payment Received!!!

The long awaited grant payment for the green waste programs has been received.  The contractor expects to resume chipping on Thursday or Friday, May 14th or 15th.  Requests in hand

Chipping and Green Waste Programs Suspended

The EDCFSC residential chipping and green waste programs have been suspended until further notice. We regret that we will not be able to accept new requests for chipping or green

Congratulations Pollock Pines-Camino FSC !

The Pollock Pines-Camino Fire Safe Council came in fifth out of 338 nationwide entrys  and was awarded  a $500 grant from the National Fire Protection Association for the National Wildfire

Prepare For an Early Fire Season

Last Saturday, the Eldorado National Forest responded to  5 fires.  Two of the fires were over 30 acres each.  Last year, the ENF did not have any fires requiring a

Chipping is Back!

The EDCFSC has resumed its chipping service and the link to the Request for Chipping application is now available. Our contractor has promised to provide resources needed to catch up

Chipping Service Suspended

The EDCFSC residential chipping program has been suspended until further notice. We regret that we will not be able to accept new requests for chipping until we are confident that

CAL FIRE Local Burn Bans Lifted

CAL FIRE’s Nevada-Yuba-Placer and Amador-El Dorado Units have lifted the suspension of residential burning within State Responsibility Area (SRA) effective 8 a.m. on Monday, November 3, 2014.  Read More.

King Fire Recovery Workshop

The University of California Cooperative Extension Central Sierra will hold a workshop for forest and woodland landowners affected by the Sand and King fires on October 24 from 9:00 am

Residential Chipping Program

Applications are now being accepted for the El Dorado County Fire Safe Council Residential Chipping Program thanks to funding from PG&E. The application form can be found at Action/Chipping Program.

Sand Fire Fundraiser

Please help the victims of the recent Sand fire by attending the fundraiser to be held at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville on Friday August 22, 2014 from