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Goals
of the Manton Fire Safe Council were discussed. It was agreed that the
Council priortize what it needs to accomplish and develop a mission statement
that reflects those goals. Tom McCubbins stressed the importance that
the Council's mission should be to protect the community from wildfire,
and not to protect the individual property owner. He said that the council
needs to develop the infrastructure to support defense.
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Developing
a Community Wildfire Protection Plan: |
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Tom
McCubbins of the Tehama County RCD advised the council that it is important
to complete a Community Wildfire Protection Plan and to priortize our
projects. He explained that grantors will be more inclined to fund projects
when they see that we have thought about what we need to accomplish. Tom
reported that the the Tehama County RCD web site has a new
project map of Shasta, Tehama &
Glenn counties. He said that the
council could tie their projects to other projects on the map and increase
their chances of obtaining funding for those projects. |
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Bill
Poytress explained that he and his students are in the process of
developing
a map and that GIS analysis will
drive the Community Wildfire Protection Plan. |
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Tom
McCubbins suggested that the council review the Almanor Basin Fire Safe
Council Plan and the Trinity
County Community Wildfire Protection Plan
(7MB). He said those plans are examples of well-written
plans that address hazardous conditions, what assets to protect and the
ways to protect those assets. |
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Chief Lefort suggested the following steps to complete a Community Wildfire Protection Plan: | ||||
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Develop the plan | ||||
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Organize the plan | ||||
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Staff the plan | ||||
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Direct the plan | ||||
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Control the plan | ||||
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Re-evaluate
the plan |
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Educating
the community about the importance of creating and maintaining defensible
space: |
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Cal
Fire Battalion Chief Jack Lefort suggested that the MFSC host a town meeting
so Cal Fire representatives can talk about the mandated 100 clearance
around homes and to educate people about firescape methods. |
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Chief
Lefort suggested the council find ways to help people clear brush from
their property if they are physically and financially unable to do it
themselves. |
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Bob
Lee suggested that the council help educate people so they won't accidentally
start a fire. |
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The
council discussed the possibility of individual landowners to work collectively
to create defensible corridors. |
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Burning will not be permitted
after April 30th |
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Kim Desena, Tehama-Glenn
Cal Fire Unit Pre Fire Engineer, has been transferred to Shasta County
and will be replaced by John Sprague |
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The Manton Cal
Fire station will be staffed on 5/14/07 |
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Christie Bond will be the
new captain at the Manton Cal Fire Station |
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A new Cal Fire sign will
be erected next to the Manton Volunteer Fire Deptartment sign |
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