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A Conversation with retired Laytonville Fire Chief, Susan Carberry
Introducing Chief Susan Carberry! Chief Susan Carberry, or “Sue” as she prefers to be called, is the recently retired Fire Chief of the Laytonville Volunteer Fire Department. Sue joined the department as an EMT, and had been the fire chief for five years before...
A Conversation with UCCE Forester, Michael Jones
Introducing Mike Jones! Mike Jones is the University of California Cooperative Extension’s Forest Advisor for Mendocino County, a founding member and Chair of the Mendocino County Prescribed Burn Association (MCPBA)—and one of the newest members of the Mendocino...
Measure P – A Feature on Fires Department Needs
Are you curious about how Measure P—a ¼-cent general sales tax that reallocates yourcurrent tax dollars to fire safety services for ten years—will be used by our fire departments?Read on… There are 22 fire departments in Mendocino County, headed by 20 fire chiefs....
How to become a FIREWISE Community
If you are already part of a Neighborhood Fire Safe Council, you know the benefits of working with your neighbors to make your community more resilient to wildfire. Firewise USA® offers national recognition and certification as a Firewise Community—a greater level of...
FREE Home Wildfire Risk Assessment Opportunity
For a limited time we are offering FREE wildfire safety Home Assessments!! To make the program run smoothly, we need help from our you or your Neighborhood Fire Safe Council (NFSC) to coordinate a few (3-4) assessments in their area on the same day. Ideally, the...
New Homeowner Tips from the Albion-Little River FSC
Looking for a project your FSC can get done to help your neighborhood be better prepared for wildfire (and other emergencies)? THIS GUIDELINE was developed for new homeowners in their area by the Albion-Little River Fire Safe Council. They distribute copies along...
DIY Home Wildfire Preparation Assessment
A Great DIY Home Accessment Tool Use the link below to get an important guide for conducting a DIY assessment to determine how prepared your home is to survive in the event of a wildfire. The guide provides a scoring system that will guide you to a better...
MCFSC Welcomes Emily to the Team
The Mendocino County Fire Safe Council is growing! We welcomed Emily Techhio to the team last month as the Mendocino County Coordinator. Emily hails from New York City and graduated from Louisiana State University with an interdisciplinary degree focused on...
How to Not Burn This Beautiful Place Down
Had it with wildfires? One great way to help us all have less of them is to do less that risks starting them. This video from BLM has some good tips to help you keep not starting fires. BLM on Saving BLM Land so that You can use it Drier, hotter weather, decades of...
MCFSC Radio Update
Curious about what the Mendocino County Fire Safe Council (MCFSC) has been up to lately? MCFSC Board President Nancy Armstrong-Frost and Executive Director Scott Cratty were guests on the February 2, 2022 edition of KZXY Radio's Citizen U program, Hosted by Mendocino...