Fire Safe Council
IMPORTANT INFO YOU SHOULD KNOW
Please join us for our monthly meeting. Meetings are the fourth Monday of each month. Located at the clubhouse
September 20th is FREE Green Waste Dumpster Day!
Be sure to scroll down this page for all kinds of great information to help you prepare your family, your home and your property in the event of a wildfire.
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FREE GREEN WASTE DUMPSTER DAY
The Gold Ridge Forest Fire Safe Council will be hosting a green waste dumpster on Saturday Sept. 20th from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (or until dumpster(s) are full) behind the GRF clubhouse. Come dump your load and meet your neighbors!
We will have Drinks and Snacks available to keep you going.
A dumpster and chipper will be available to GRF residents only (Bring proof of GRF residency (POA bill, PGE with address....) Leaves, brush, branches will be accepted. Stumps, construction debris, household waste and hazardous materials will not be received. No plastic bags (Paper leaf bags are acceptable) If you bring in plastic we will have to empty into the dumpster.
One pickup load per customer unless otherwise authorized. Check back later in the day. If not full, we will allow for additional loads.
Volunteers Needed!!!
We could really use some volunteers to help transfer green waste from vehicles to dumpsters, pick up loads from residents that do not have trucks or experienced chippers.
The funds for this event are brought to you by Title III funds from the El Dorado County Fire Safe Council.
If you have any questions, please call (707) 888-9331 or email GoldRidgeForestFSC@yahoo.com.
IMPORTANT
Please be sure to fill out the paperwork when delivering and let us know the hard work you put in. All working hours by our residents count towards our Firewise certificate renewal.
With the cost of dumpsters on an incline, we will gladly accept donations so we can continue to have more programs like this. ($10.00 suggested donation).
IMPORTANT - Sign up El Dorado County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services alert and warning system
You cannot get an emergency notification without it (formerly CODERED)! Go to https://ready.edso.org to register your phone numbers today. In the event of an emergency, you will get a call from 866-419-5000. That's a call you will want to answer!!There are lots of great places to get fire information. Below are links to just a few.
Fire Safe Council
- Sherry Hawk, Chairman
- Gary Scheppelmann, Treasurer
- Rich Wade, Forester
- Dominque Smith
- Alex North, Secretary
Neighborhood Radio Watch!!
If you have your license and radio and have been listening to the Pollock Pines - Camino Neighborhood Radio Watch you have heard the group report on nearby fires. It is one of the best tools we can have for fire information in our area. We are so grateful to the EDC Amateur Radio Club for bringing this to our area.
To get your license which will be good for anyone in your family whether they live with you or not click here for the instructions or scroll down to the Neighborhood Radio Watch Section.
To join the Neighborhood Radio Watch Facebook page to get updates on fires and more go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/1839636762848096
To sign up with the group email to get even more info and be able to communicate with the group all at once, and get reminders for meetings and net check-in nights sign up at
Other links for fire information
YubaNet: https://yubanet.com/fires/
Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov
Alert Wildfire Cameras in our area: ALERT Wildfire
Broadcastify: Go to https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/16015 or download the phone app.
CalFire Amador/EDC Unit: https://www.facebook.com/CALFIREAEU
Cal Fire Incidents: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/
US Forest Service - EDC: https://www.facebook.com/eldoradonf
Flightradar24: to view airplanes that may be on air attack.
https://www.flightradar24.com/38.72,-120.6/12
El Dorado County Emergency & Information Page:
El Dorado County Emergency Response Information: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1540906432868899
EMERGENCY EMERGENCY!!! Need to be seen?
If emergency vehicles can't find you, they can't help you. Scroll down to find a form to order your reflective sign today! Only $25
SAFE LANDSCAPING
Do you wonder about your landscape? Are your plants fire friendly - fire resistant? To learn more go to https://www.readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire/get-ready/fire-resistant-landscaping/
FIRE RESISTANT TARPS
Do you need a fire retardant/resistant tarp for your wood pile per the defensible space ordinance? must be •Cal Fire NFPA 701, CPAI-84 & California Title 19 Compliant or State of California Fire Marshal approved.
Here are a few choices we found.
https://www.amazon.com/Kotap-20-ft-30-ft-Fire-Retardant-
https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Retardant-Heavy-Duty-Tarps/dp/B074G2QMDG/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?
https://www.a1tarps.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMItbX25MrF6QIVkhh9Ch0zSgSYEAAYASAAEgJaJfD_BwE
The Fire Safe Council is a separate entity form the POA. For questions and more information, please call (707) 888-9331 or email GoldRidgeForestFSC@yahoo.com
Our mission is to make our community fire safe through roadside vegetation management, greenbelt clearing, through Grant funding, special programs for our residents and volunteer services. We are also here to educate and encourage our neighbors to contribute by clearing their own defensible space and making sure they have evacuation plans that will work best for them. It is this council's promise to seek grant funding in order to complete the above and more.
If you have any questions or need assistance feel free to email GoldRidgeForestFSC@yahoo.com or call (707) 888-9331.