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The Placer County Fire Safe Alliance provides community assistance, information and educational programs in an effort to reduce the risks of wildfire danger to life and property in our county

 

Now you can view the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) online! 

 

Click here to download the report.

(To save the report, right click and hit 'Save As')

 

To view the Placer County Biomass Strategic plan,  click the link below.

 

Click here to download the Biomass Plan.

(To save the report, right click and hit 'Save As')

Our focus is on the wildland-urban intermix, fuel load reduction/healthy forest ecosystem, and fire safe communities.

While long term forest health and catastrophic wildland fires are of critical concern, we also recognize the need to maintain the area’s economic stability, level of public safety and services.

Alliance stakeholders include public agencies representing federal, state and local resource management, local Fire Districts, community Fire Safe Councils, and private industry representatives. All members of the Alliance work to improve public safety, preparedness, security and community vitality in our region.

The vision of the Place County Fire Safe Alliance is to have informed, educated, and fire defensible communities that will enhance life, property, and natural resource protection through a collaborative approach in a fire prone environment.

Our mission is to minimize catastrophic wildfire loses to values at risk such as life, property, and natural resources, in the following ways:

  • To inform and educate the pubic on fire safe communities, fire risk and fire hazard mitigation.

  • To aid, assist, and participate in fire mitigation planning efforts.

  • To prioritize and secure funding for coordinated fire safe projects and activities.

  • To monitor and review fire safe activities to ensure alliance goals are met.

Placer County Fire Safe Alliance Associate Directors (core team)

Our purpose is to provide leadership, expertise, guidance, oversight, and prioritization in order to be competitive for grant funding to ensure the Placer County Fire Safe Alliance vision and mission statement are met.

 

    

An example on how proper defensible space can help save your home.

 

Upcoming Events

Forest Stewardship in the Rural-Residential Wildland Interface

Workshops for landowners in Placer, Nevada, and El Dorado Counties

June 5th- Foresthill
June 12th- Grass Valley
June 19th- Alta
June 26th- El Dorado County
8:30am - 5:00pm

For more information contact:

Richard Harris, Cooperative Extension Specialist
(707) 678-3504
rrharris@nature.berkeley.edu

Workshop Objectives

Provide landowners and land managers with information relevant to the management of forested properties.

Show landowners examples of management practices undertaken to reduce risk and enhance forest health.

Introduce landowners to agencies and programs that they can participate in to gain technical and financial support for their management.

Workshop and Agenda

Morning presentations on Sierra Nevada forest ecology, forest management history, forest health and risks (drought, insects, and disease) and landowner assistance programs.
   

 

 

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