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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...
2022 Micro-Grant Funding Opportunity Announced
The Mendocino County Fire Safe Council (MCFSC) has allotted $50,000 for the 2022 Fire Safety Micro-Grant Program which will provide direct financial assistance to organizations working to improve wildfire preparedness and resilience around the county. The funds will...
MCFSC Hosts Interdisciplinary Fuels Reduction Training
In November, MCFSC hosted an interdisciplinary fuels reduction training at the Brooktrails Greenbelt. The week-long event brough experts from around Mendocino County and the greater North Coast to discuss the varying perspectives on conducting effective fuels...
MCFSC Job Opening – County Fire Safe Coordinator
The Mendocino County Fire Safe Council (MCFSC) is hiring a new County Fire Safe Coordinator. This full-time position is currently funded for 16 months and is set to begin on January 2, 2022, or as negotiated. To be considered please forward a letter of interest,...
Hopland Area Community Wildfire Protection Plan Open for Public Comment December 1st-31st
The Mendocino County Fire Safe Council (MCFSC), in partnership with the California Fire Safe Council, the Community Foundation of Mendocino County, and the US Forest Service, is releasing the DRAFT Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) for the area of Hopland, CA....