Fire Safe Council
IMPORTANT INFO YOU SHOULD KNOW
We're back in person!!
Please join us for our monthly meeting. Meetings are the fourth Monday of each month. Located at the clubhouse . Agendas can be found by scrolling down to the Meeting Information section.
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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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
- Patricia Schoggins, Treasurer
- Rich Wade, Forester
- Dominque Smith, POA Greenbelt Director
- Emma Miles, 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
Upcoming Events/Assistance
Save the date - July 22 – 9am Evacuation Preparedness Meeting
If you are a SENIOR, DISABLED VET or have LOW INCOME and need free assistance with defensible space, please see the senior program link on this page.
If you have any issues with the application, please call (707) 888-9331 and let Sherry know. Leave a message if no one answers with your information.
Programs
The Senior program and chipping program are both available!!
Senior Program: https://www.edcfiresafe.org/defensible-space-assistance-program-2022/\
Other links for fire information
YubaNet: https://yubanet.com/fires/
Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov
Alert Wildfire Cameras in our area: http://www.alertwildfire.org/tahoe/index.html?camera=Axis-MtAukum2&v=fd40731
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.