
Fire
FIRE & EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS:
Contact listing
Siskiyou County Fire Chiefs Association
Scott Valley Fire Protection District
State Fire Marshall; OES Fire & Rescue
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Information
California Office of Emergency Services (OES)
Federal disaster help; FEMA
National Volunteer Fire Council
FUNDING/SUPPORT/GRANTS:
Fire Safe Council Clearinghouse for grants
federal surplus equipment available
Federal Grants; Gov Surplus auctions
Guide to federal resources for emergency services
FEMA grants; Application; guide
Motorola grant
Quality Challenge Coins grant
National Fire Plan Community Assistance Programs; California; CSFI news
Western states fire plan grant applications
Volunteer Fire Assistance funding; Help
Fire grants; more grants
Emergency Service Grants
rural fire assistance
Cardiac Defibulators
Ford Family Foundation grants
Ore-Cal RC&D
Grant writing
Grant writing tools
Grant makers links
Congresswoman Pelosi's site on grants
Grants for fire houses
Searchable federal catalogue of grants; disasters; Fire Protection;
Foundations; Directory
McConnell Foundation
The Department of the Interior/Bureau of Land Management and the Sacramento Regional Foundation have announced the 2003 and 2004 Community-Based Wildfire Prevention Grants Program. Information on the grants can be obtained from the California Fire Safe Council webpage (Under "What's News", click on the first item for program information.)
WILDFIRE:
California (CDF) Fire; Wildland Fire Pages
(National Interagency Fire Center) Fires; USFS Morning Report
Wwildland fire training
California Fire Plan
FIRE SAFE COUUNCILS/ FIRE WISE:
National Fire Plan for California
Fire Safe Councils; Fire Safe Planning
Fire Wise; California Fire Alliance
California forest stewardship program
Vegetation Management Program
Forestry Incentive Program
Marin County pre-fire management plan
Monterey County Community Fire Plan Template; USFS implementation
Salmon River Fire Safe Council
Copco Lake/Bogus Fire Safe Council
Happy Camp Fire Safe Council
French Creek Fire Safe Council
Greater Weed Area Fire Safe Council
Klamath River Fire Safe Council
Lake Shastina Fire Safe Council
Lower Scott River Fire Safe Council
McCloud Fire Safe Council
Mt. Shasta Area Fire Safe Council
Quartz Valley Area Fire Safe Council
Rattlesnake Creek Watershed Fire Safe Council
Scott Bar Fire Safe Council
Seiad Valley Fire Safe Council
Siskiyou County Fire Safe Councils
South Yreka Fire Safe Council
WILDLAND/ URBAN INTERFACE & FOREST MANAGEMENT POLICIES:
FACT SHEET 12/11/02: Reducing the Threat of Catastrophic Wildfires and Improving Forest Health
12/11/02 Bush Administration Proposes Steps to Restore Forest and Rangeland Health
President Bush's Healthy Forests : An Initiative for Wildfire Prevention and Stronger Communities
Summary of the 2001 National Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Roundtable - PDF format
(Download) Forest Health and Fire: A Review and Evaluation, by John Marker, and Bob Averill (National Association of Forest Service Retirees) [Other NAFS Reports]
Colorado State Joint Resolution 02-030 endorsing the proposal for a National Forest County Partnership Restoration Program that includes three national forests in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado
In Moral Defense of Forestry by Peter Schwartz As delivered to the California Forestry Association, Napa, California, January 28, 2000
REPORT National Fire Plan Rehabilitation and Restoration Restore landscapes damaged by wildfires of 2000 and protect communities
Urban Wildland Interface Communities Within the Vicinity of Federal Lands That Are at High Risk From Wildfire (initial list);
The Forest Services Tinderbox, by Robert Nelson, University of Maryland School of Public Affairs
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Accelerated thinning plan spurs critics By Matthew Daly The Associated Press
Facts from the "Foresters say disastrous fires coming if fuel load not reduced" article of December 30, 2002 by John Diehm of the Siskiyou Daily News
AP Fire may reduce spotted owl population in Siskiyou Forest