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Mt. Shasta Vista Volunteer Fire
Company
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13502 Roland Dr.
Montague, CA 96064
Mt. Shasta Vista Volunteer Fire
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October 2005
The funding is made possible by federal financial assistance provided by a
National Fire Plan grant from the Bureau of Land Management through the
California Fire Safe Council. For more information about the funding, please
contact the California Fire Safe Council at 800 372-2350 or visit the web site
at www.grants.firesafecouncil.org. ” We are grateful to the Bureau of Land Management and the California
Fire Safe Council for this opportunity,” says MSVVFC Chief Mary Cameron.
“The formation of a local Fire Safe Council will make a dramatic improvement
in the safety of our community because federal agencies give priority to funding
requests to communities which have gone through this process. We are surrounded
by wild lands – the new Fire Safe Council will help us be ready to protect our
community from the inevitable wildfire.” A Fire Safe Council is an organization consisting of local residents, businesses and representatives of state and local agencies who work together to plan for fire safety in the community. The group will create an evacuation plan, identify needed equipment and educational programs, prioritize those needs and then seek funding to fulfill them. All members of the community and businesses which serve them are encouraged to participate. For more information about the local FSC or to volunteer to assist with the educational programs, contact Marjorie King, MSVVFC Public Affairs Director at 530 938-0350 or email marjorieking@reelmowersetc.com. No experience is necessary – training will be provided. MSVVFC is a
non-profit organization under contract to “Defensible
space” is an area within 100 feet of a home which is designed to minimize fire
hazard to the home and to allow firefighters to defend the home without undue
risk. Examples of steps to creating a defensible space are to eliminate dry
vegetation, reduce the height of ground covers, remove tree limbs which are
close to the ground and to be sure that fire trucks have ready access to the
home via driveways that can accompany large trucks. “Hazardous
fuels reduction” on any parcel, whether there is a home present or not,
includes removing dry vegetation from nearby roads or driveways and creating
“fire breaks” in areas where tall grass or brush grows. January
6, 2006
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