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Fire

FIRE & EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS:

grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   Contact listing
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   Siskiyou County Fire Chiefs Association
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   Scott Valley Fire Protection District
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   State Fire Marshall; OES Fire & Rescue
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Information
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   California Office of Emergency Services (OES)
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)    Federal disaster help; FEMA
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   National Volunteer Fire Council

FUNDING/SUPPORT/GRANTS:

grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Fire Safe Council Clearinghouse for grants
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes) federal surplus equipment available
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes) Federal Grants; Gov Surplus auctions
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes) Guide to federal resources for emergency services
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  FEMA grants; Application; guide
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Motorola grant
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Quality Challenge Coins grant
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  National Fire Plan Community Assistance Programs; California; CSFI news
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Western states fire plan grant applications
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Volunteer Fire Assistance funding; Help
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Fire grants; more grants
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Emergency Service Grants
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  rural fire assistance
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Cardiac Defibulators
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Ford Family Foundation grants
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes) Ore-Cal RC&D
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Grant writing
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Grant writing tools
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Grant makers links
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes) Congresswoman Pelosi's site on grants
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Grants for fire houses
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes) Searchable federal catalogue of grants; disasters;   Fire Protection;
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Foundations; Directory
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  McConnell Foundation
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  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:

grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes) California (CDF) Fire; Wildland Fire Pages
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  (National Interagency Fire Center) Fires; USFS Morning Report
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Wwildland fire training
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  California Fire Plan

FIRE SAFE COUUNCILS/ FIRE WISE:

grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  National Fire Plan for California
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Fire Safe Councils; Fire Safe Planning
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Fire Wise; California Fire Alliance
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes) California forest stewardship program
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Vegetation Management Program
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Forestry Incentive Program
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Marin County pre-fire management plan
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   Monterey County Community Fire Plan Template; USFS implementation

grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Salmon River Fire Safe Council
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Copco Lake/Bogus Fire Safe Council
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Happy Camp Fire Safe Council
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   French Creek Fire Safe Council
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Greater Weed Area Fire Safe Council
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   Klamath River Fire Safe Council
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   Lake Shastina Fire Safe Council
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Lower Scott River Fire Safe Council
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   McCloud Fire Safe Council
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   Mt. Shasta Area Fire Safe Council
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   Quartz Valley Area Fire Safe Council
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   Rattlesnake Creek Watershed Fire Safe Council
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   Scott Bar Fire Safe Council
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   Seiad Valley Fire Safe Council
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   Siskiyou County Fire Safe Councils
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   South Yreka Fire Safe Council

WILDLAND/ URBAN INTERFACE & FOREST MANAGEMENT POLICIES:

grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   FACT SHEET 12/11/02: Reducing the Threat of Catastrophic Wildfires and Improving Forest Health
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes) 12/11/02 Bush Administration Proposes Steps to Restore Forest and Rangeland Health
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  President Bush's Healthy Forests : An Initiative for Wildfire Prevention and Stronger Communities
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Summary of the 2001 National Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Roundtable - PDF format
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  (Download) Forest Health and Fire: A Review and Evaluation, by John Marker, and Bob Averill (National Association of Forest Service Retirees) [Other NAFS Reports]
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  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
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  In Moral Defense of Forestry by Peter Schwartz As delivered to the California Forestry Association, Napa, California, January 28, 2000
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes) REPORT  National Fire Plan — Rehabilitation and Restoration Restore landscapes damaged by wildfires of 2000 and protect communities
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes) Urban Wildland Interface Communities Within the Vicinity of Federal Lands That Are at High Risk From Wildfire (initial list);
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)   The Forest Service’s Tinderbox, by Robert Nelson, University of Maryland School of Public Affairs

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  Accelerated thinning plan spurs critics By Matthew Daly The Associated Press
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes) 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
grnbullet.jpg (1185 bytes)  AP Fire may reduce spotted owl population in Siskiyou Forest

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