Fire Safe Council Of Siskiyou County

THE FIRE SAFE COUNCIL-SISKIYOU COUNTY IS A NON-PROFIT VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO IMPROVE WILDFIRE SAFETY THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION AND DEMONSTRATION WILDFIRE FUEL REDUCTION PROJECTS.

JUNIPER FLAT FIRE SAFE COUNCIL FUELS REDUCTION PROJECTTHE JUNIPER FLAT COMPREHENSIVE FUEL REDUCTION PROJECT WILL REDUCE THE RISK OF A CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE STARTING, LOWER THE TEMPERATURE AND SLOW THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE AND LOWER THE RESULTANT HIGH INTENSITY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. WE HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE SHADED FUEL BREAKS ON APPROXIMATELY 426 ACRES ADJACENT TO EVACUATION ROUTES IN THE MOUNT SHASTA VISTA SUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO A PRESCRIPTION WRITTEN BY CAL FIRE. SPECIFICALLY A FUEL REDUCTION CONTRACTOR WILL LIMB UP TREES 6-8 FEET, REMOVE TREES SMALLER THEN 8" DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT AND REMOVE ALL BRUSH SPECIES. WORK WILL BE DONE BY HAND CREWS AND A MASTICATOR. DEBRIS WILL BE CHIPPED OR MASTICATED. WE WILL NOT BURN ANYTHING. THE TREATMENT WILL CREATE A HEALTHIER, MORE FIRE-RESISTANT FOREST WHICH WILL ABSORB MORE CARBON, REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

21 CAL FIRE COORDINATOR'S GRANTTHE FIRE SAFE COUNCIL OF SISKIYOU COUNTY RECEIVED A COUNTY COORDINATOR'S GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA FIRE SAFE COUNCIL., THE COUNTY COORDINATOR WILL CONTINUE EFFORTS TO EDUCATE, ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOPCOUNTY WIDE COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION AMOUNG VARIOUS WILDFIRE MITIGATION GROUPS OPERATING WITHIN SISKIYOU COUNTY. WE WILL INTERACT WITH LOCAL FIRE SAFE COUNCILS, HOAS, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS, CAL FIRE, USDA FOREST SERVICE, RCDS, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES THROUGH MONTHLY MEETINGS, GRANT WRITING, QUESTION ANSWERING, SOLUTION FINDING, PROJECT COLLABORATION, EDUCATION, OUTREACHES AND MORE.WE WORK CLOSELY WITH CA FIRE SAFE COUNCIL'S EXISTING REGIONAL COORDINATORS TO:1) BUILD A CENSUS OF ALL ACTIVE WILDFIRE MITIGATION GROUPS, CONTACT POINTS, COLLABORATION EFFORTS AND PROJECTS.2) DEVELOP MECHANISMS TO IMPROVE OUTREACH AND COORDINATION EFFORTS, SUCH AS GROUP FORMATION, FUNDING PLANS, GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES AND STATE/REGIONAL/LOCAL PLANNING EFFORTS.3) ANALYSE GAPS IN COUNTY WIDE WILDFIRE RESILIENCY ABD EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS TO FILL THESE NEEDS.4) PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE FINAL REPORT SUMMARIZING THE COUNTY WILDFIRE OUTREACH & COORDINATION PLANS, KEY ISSUES, SUCESSFULL OUTCOMES, GAPS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.THE FSCSC BEBEFITS 47,500 SISKIYOU COUNTY RESIDENTS.

EDDY DRIVE FUELS REDUCTION PROJECTTHIS PROJECT WILL CONCENTRATE ON STRATEGICALLY TREATING APPROXIMATELY 151 ACRES EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA CITY AND IN THE MT. SHASTA WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE. PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON WILDFIRE PROTECTION BY CREATING FUELBREAKS/SHADED FUELBREAKS, USING HANDCREWS AND MASTICATION, FOR UP TO 150-300 FT. TO EITHER SIDE OF ROADS IN THE UPLANDS SUBDIVISION AND ABUTTING THE USFS HWY. 89 PROJECT SECTIONS 22 & 23. ROADS INCLUDE OLD MCCLOUD, EDDY DRIVE, UPLAND, DARLENE AND JAMES CT. DEMONSTRATIVELY THESE STRATEGICALLY PLACED FUELBREAKS HELP EDUCATE THE CITIZENRY ON HOW TO BECOME MORE FIREWISE.WE HAVE COMPLETED 151 ACRES OF FUELS REDUCTION.