Press Release- Sierra County Fire Safe & Watershed Council
The Sierra County Fire Safe and Watershed Council will hold their regular monthly meeting, on Friday January 29th 2010 at 10:00 am in the conference room at the USFS service center in Sierraville located at 317 South Lincoln Steet.
The Council is pleased to announce our first community information meeting regarding the Eastern Sierra Fuels Reduction project. The council recently received the notice of funding from the California Fire Safe Council that will make our fuels reduction project in Calpine and Sierraville a reality. Danielle Banchio, the certified professional forester who will assist in managing this project will bring materials and give a presentation regarding the upcoming project on the 29th at 11:00 am.
Cindy Noble is also reminding Sierra County residents about the Reflective Sign campaign. "We have had great response from people all over the county, and these signs will benefit residents in a time of need", she commented. These signs are usually priced at $20 each and the Sierra County Fire Safe Council board agreed to make these signs available to Sierra County residents a drastically reduced cost of only $10.
If you would like a reflective sign, send us a check for $10 along with your name and contact information including your phone number and street number and how you would like the sign oriented either vertically or horizontally.
Check out our web- site www.scfswc.com or call us 530) 249 0444
Sierra County Fire Safe and Watershed Council Helps Solve Identity Crisis
One of the first things an emergency services worker will tell you is that they lose precious moments when they can’t find an address. Whether it’s fire, medical emergency, or evacuations, emergency workers need to know where they are, and where the people who need them are.
To that end, the Sierra County Fire Safe and Watershed Council, in cooperation with Sierraville Fire and Rescue, are making it possible for people to get reflective sequence signs at a bargain price.
"Think of it as the Fire Safe Council and Sierraville Fire giving a gift to community members," Fire Safe Council Executive Director Cindy Noble said. "The signs were available from Sierraville Fire for $20.00 each, and they were a good deal at that. Now the Fire Safe Council will help out, making it possible for more people to buy the signs by selling them for $10.00 each."
Noble went on to say "the most important thing you can do to assure that the Emergency Service vehicle can actually find your home is properly signify your residence with a reflective address sign. From multiple conversations with Volunteer Fire Chiefs in Sierra County, the Fire Safe and Watershed council board agrees that this campaign to slash the cost and encourage residents to get the discounted signs will make a difference in the long run."
Emergency people in the county agree. "We have found again and again that in all parts of the county we often have great difficulty locating homes in times of a medical emergency, the calls that alert us to fire are simply easier to find because of the smoke" according to Sattley/ Calpine Fire Chief Jeff McCollum.
This campaign is a first step in the process that the Sierra County Fire Safe and Watershed Council will officially set into motion this winter. "Updating the county wide Fire Plan is a council priority", said Mike Freschi, Fire Safe and Watershed Council Operations Director, who works to implement Firewise programs throughout the county. An important part of that updated plan is to observe the Cal Fire requirements for signage.
Check in at the Fire Safe and Watershed Council website to keep up to date with the schedule of Fire Planning meetings that will begin shortly after the holiday season.
To print a coupon to order a sign at the reduced price of $10.00, print and mail the coupon found HERE.
