Facts
El Dorado County, including our neighborhood, has never been as overgrown as it is today. Neighbors need to not take comfort in the fact that there hasn’t been a fire, and instead prepare for when there IS a fire.
- Audubon Hills is NOT safe from wildfires.
- Many feel comforted that we are surrounded by apple orchards and the irrigation they provide to help squelch a wildfire.What we must understand is that a wildfire is more likely to come from within Audubon Hills boundary, than from outside it.
- Much of Audubon Hills is terribly overgrown, and we must each become responsible for the dangerous level of fuel that is down and drying.
DON’T give up before you start. Some residents have said, “I’ve been told if a fire starts in here, we might as well kiss our homes goodbye.”
- That’s a defeatist attitude, that serves no one.
- We’ve been told by many officials that KNOW, that if we could all work at cleaning up our properties to make them fire safer, we DO have a fighting chance at saving our homes.
- Firefighters have told us repeatedly, that they will pass homes that are not cleared and haven’t tried to help themselves, to try to save homes that are.
- THAT should be enough incentive for anyone!
Below you will find checklists, and links, that will help you figure out what you need to do, to save your home and community, it the event of a wildfire.
What is a wildfire?
- ¨It can start from anything, and become wild within moments. Jumping from tree to tree to brush and needles on the ground.
- · A house fire
- · A burn pile that got out of hand
- · A car spark
- · Mowing or weed eating spark
- Embers from another fire can float down and ignite anything.
Please take the time to become “Fire Wise”, and do your part to reduce the chance of fire. There are many programs available for free or reduced costs, to help you. Utilize them. See what’s offered to you, below.
CalFire
http://www.fire.ca.gov/
Create a Wildfire Action Plan
http://www.readyforwildfire.org/wildfire_action_plan
Current Fire Events
On Twitter – https://twitter.com/CALFIRE_PIO
On Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/CALFIRE
El Dorado County Fire Safe Council
A great website resource, for many wildfire facts and free programs.
www.edcfiresafe.org
Highly Reflective Address Signs
These signs are recommended by ALL emergency personal, so they can find your house, day, night, in inclement weather, or in smoke. This is the style chosen by the community, to stay consistent throughout the community, and so emergency personal knows what to look for.
When ordering remember to get…Brown with vertical positioning. Currently they are $22