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Fire safe councils are grassroots community-based organizations in California that share the objective of making communities less vulnerable to catastrophic wildfire.Fire safe councils accomplish this objective through education programs and projects such as shaded fuel breaks or firebreaks to protect area residents against an oncoming wildfire and to provide firefighters with a place to fight ...
Fire Safe Council Logo (used by the CFSC and local fire safe councils) The name California Fire Safe Council (CFSC) has been used for two very different organizations. The original use of the name, from 1993 through mid-2002, referred to a loose consortium of local community-based fire safe councils and other organizations that shared the mission of making California's communities less ...
A Cal Fire spokesperson said a total of $17.8 million has been granted for 33 Wildfire Prevention Projects in L.A. County since the 2020-21 fiscal year, with nearly 125 acres of land within five ...
California Community Foundation: Its Wildfire Recovery Fund supports both intermediate and long-term relief in underserved areas. California Fire Foundation : Provides support to families of ...
Watch as they cut/clear vegetation to reduce fire risk/protect the community. Video 1: Creating the fuel break. Video 2: A close-up look at the completed fuel break – a critical defense line in ...
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) [3] [4] is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California.It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state's private and public forests.
The blaze has spread more than 13,000 acres in the Altadena-Pasadena area while the Palisades Fire has burned over 19,000 acres between the coastal California cities of Santa Monica and Malibu.
A fire-resistant roof, at least 5 feet of defensible space around a home, a clearly defined evacuation route in a neighborhood and the removal of vegetation overgrowth in a community are some of ...