El Dorado County Fire Safe Council

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Northern California Fire Prevention Officers
Assessing Wildfire Hazards in the Home Ignition Zone Workshop

Logtown -- Request for Proposal for contracted services to the EDC Firesafe Council 2009-11

Grizzly Flats -- Request for Proposal for contracted services to the EDC Firesafe Council 2009-09 — EXTENDED TO 2009-10-23

Amador El Dorado Unit Declares End of Fire Season (PDF) — 2008-11-03

Fire Danger Not Over For Amador & El Dorado Counties (PDF) — 2008-10-20

Request for Proposal Grizzly Flats Shaded Fuel Break Fuels Reduction Project (PDF)

Evacuation Planning & Mapping Tools How to use pre-fire/ emergency planning website, prepare for evacuation

Education and community outreach is a top priority for the Fire Safe Council of El Dorado County. We make the residents of the County aware of the risks of living within a Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and what they can do to protect their home and property from wildfire. Creating defensible space is their responsibility. Over the past Decades, people have moved into the forest and wildland environment because of the natural resources and rural atmosphere; It is a beautiful place to live. However many people build homes in this environment with little or no knowledge of what it means to live with the threat of catastrophic wildfires.
Our goal is to make residents aware of their responsibilities for their property and to their community. We are all in this together because wildfire recognizes no property lines or boundaries. Nationally over the past four years, millions of acres of forest and private land, thousands of homes, and many lives have been lost due to catastrophic wildfires. When you live in the Wildland Urban Interface, wildfires are a fact of life: it is not IF, but WHEN, you will be involved in a wildfire.
Although the El Dorado County Fire Safe Council was formed in late 2001, in a very short time, the Council has become the central driving force and forum for fire safe projects throughout the county. Together we are making a difference!
We are a California non-profit, Public Benefit Corporation recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. As stated in our Bylaws, our mission is "to protect the people of El Dorado County and their property from the effects of catastrophic wildfire through education, cooperation, innovation, and action." The council was organized in September 2001 and currently has over 150 individuals from the public and private sectors on our Council Communication Network who are committed to making El Dorado County more fire safe. About El Dorado County

El Dorado County is situated almost entirely within Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest, oak woodlands and heavy chaparral vegetation types. The county comprises 1,805 square miles with over half in National Forests and recreation areas. The remainder of the county is comprised primarily of homes, businesses and subdivisions scattered throughout wildland vegetation. Sacramento County borders on the west and the eastern boundary is the State of Nevada. Placer County is to the north and Amador County to the south.