NC Coalition of Firewise Communities

Quarterly Meeting, western county 

Gene Albaugh Community Room, Madelyn Helling Library

980 Helling Way, Nevada City


Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025

5:30-7:30 pm

AGENDA

Our Partner agency updates always include:

·       Consolidated Fire District

·       CALFire

·       Grass Valley/Nevada City Fire Departments

·       Nevada County OES 

·       Fire Safe Council 

PROGRAM

Best Practices: Harmony Firewise Community on “Swimming Pools: An Untapped Fire Suppression Tool”

FWC Project Fundraising Round Robin of success stories/questions/challenges - how to get funding for your FWC projects

Other FWC."Successes and Challenges from the community – what’s going well? What do you need help with?

 See you on Tuesday, Feb. 4 p.m. at the Helling Library, 5:30 p.m. Arrive in time for possible parking down the hill and walking up.

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For information specific to Truckee/Eastern County, visit the Eastern Regional Firewise Coalition

Here is our archive of video recordings of our monthly meetings, listing the topics presented with hotlinks to jump to each program speaker.

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Final Report on Firewise Festival Finances - July 12, 2024

Firewise Festival Financial Update.pdf

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Acronym Key - What does THAT mean?

  • AB38: state law requiring homes for sale to be inspected for defensible space disclosure
  • BLM - Bureau of Land Management
  • CO 2477 (formerly CO 2463) - County Hazardous Vegetation Ordinance (right to extend 100 feet beyond property line & rural road rules 10-10-15)
  • Cal Fire - California State Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
  • DSAV - Defensible Space Advisory Visit (free, from a trained Fire Safe Council volunteer)
  • DSI - Defensible Space Inspector - County employee empowered to enforce codes
  • EQIP - Environmental Quality Incentives Program
  • FWC - Firewise Community
  • FSC - Fire Safe Council
  • IC - Incident Commander
  • ICP - Incident Command Post
  • LTO - Licensed Timber Operator
  • NCCFWC - Nevada County Coalition of Firewise Communities
  • NCSO - Nevada County Sheriff's Office
  • OES - Office of Emergency Services, County of Nevada
  • PRC 4291 - Public Resource Code concerning 100ft of Defensible Space around homes
  • RPF - Registered Professional Forester
  • SAR - Search and Rescue (volunteers supporting the NC Sheriff's Office)
  • THP - Timber Harvest Plan