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WELCOME TO THE SLY PARK HILLS AREA FIRE SAFE WEB-SITE
Wildfire Protection
IS A COMMUNITY ENDEAVOR
October 25, 2009 - A Sly Park Hills Neighborhood Watch / Fire Safe meeting is scheduled for November 11, 2009, at the Jenkinson Lake Retreat House (4771 Sly Park Road Pollock Pines, between Dam #1 and Dam #2 just after the group camp grounds on the left. Click here for more information.
September 15, 2009 - Read Ray Nutting's August 20, 2009 letter to Sly Park Hills property owners urging proactive fire safe action. Click here to read Ray's letter.
August 30, 2009 - Fire Safe Status message from Tom Schulz. A must read from our Fire Safe chairperson. Learn what has been accomplished, future directions, an Sept 26, 2009 emergency drill, etc. Click here to read Tom's Corner.
August 26, 2009 - Ray Nutting (District 2 Supervisor) invites all of us to see the video "Rapidity of a Fire in the Forest" on YouTube by clicking here. See the temperature rise from 90 to 900 degrees in less than 2 minutes in a forest fire.
August 16, 2009 - Minutes for the July 7, 2009 meeting posted. Click here to read.
June 26 2009 - The Pollock Pines FSC advised Tom Schulz that green waste dumpsters will arrive in Sly Park Hills about July 1. Please help us retain this service by using the dumpsters for green waste products only. Volunteers are needed to help the Todds manage & monitor the containers. If you can help, please send an email to Bob and Jan at tcharles@cwo.com
June 24 2009 - The June Fire Safe meeting date has changed to July 7, 2009, 5:30 to 7:30PM PM, at the Jenkinson's Lake Retreat House. This will be a hot dog BBQ /Potluck event.
Mar 13, 2009 - El Dorado County Fire Safe Council (EDCFSC) says that we are in an area in which wildfires are a fact of life: It is not IF, but WHEN, we will be involved in a wildfire. Since December 2005, some Sly Park Hills Area residents have volunteered to organize neighborhood fire safe activities. To date we have been able to work with the appropriate entities to establish an alternative emergency evacuation route off Makinaw Road and obtain EDCFSC support for green waste dumpster and voucher programs.
There is much more to be done to properly prepare us for the inevitable wildfire emergency. Since we don’t have a homeowners’ association we’ve needed to organize our Sly Park Hills community fire safe programs every year. We write this note, as the two Sly Park Hills residents remaining on the Executive Committee of our local Sly Park Hills Area Fire Safe Council to tell you that we cannot continue without your help!
Much needs to be done for this fire season. We need a community emergency plan which includes identifying neighbors who need extra assistance in the case of an evacuation, etc. Also a great deal of work needed can be done by each individual household. For example, one of the most important needs is to evaluate and document the status of the “fire safe defensible space” around the over 600 homes in our neighborhood. The EDCFSC has provided us with the standardized forms for these evaluations and the materiel for a brief training program to conduct and document the evaluation. Thus you can help all of us by volunteering to fill out an evaluation form for your residence and/or set up a local group to evaluate the defensible space for the homes in your immediate neighborhood, street, or dog walking route.
Please come to future meetings and/or call us to join in our neighborhood efforts to prepare for the inevitable wild fire emergency.
Sincerely,
Tom Schulz – Speckled Road - Home 644-3473 and Bill Buetow – Rainbow Trail - Office 644-6700
Or e-mail information to slyparkfiresafe@yahoo.com
We are dependent on volunteers. Please call or email us today.
Our Meetings:
Future Meeting:
November 11, 2009, 7 PM. At the Jenkinson Lake Retreat House (4771 Sly Park Road Pollock Pines, between Dam #1 and Dam #2 just after the group camp grounds on the left (Lake side).
As always...We need new SPHAFSC members. Join us, join the Board, help our community.
Upcoming Community Events:
Send your community events info to Mike Angles at mangles@pacbell.net
Our Fire Safe email address: slyparkfiresafe@yahoo.com
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