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By Miriam Raftery
April 11, 2018 (Descanso) — The Descanso Fire Safe Council invites you to a program on fire operations in the wildland urban interface. Come learn what firefighters learn to protect your home and your community.
This special program will be held on April 21st from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Descanso Library, 9545 River Drive in Descanso. Registration is required.
The course is free to local residents, representatives of community Fire Safe Councils and CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) members.
Registration, coffee and refreshments will start at 8 a.m. with the course beginning promptly at 8:30 a.m. Lunch will be provided.
The program will be conducted by: MAST Investigator Captain Eric Kelley, San Diego City Fire, Station 1
About the training:
- A one-day in-depth course to learn the principles used by firefighters in suppressing wildland fire and protecting structures in the Wildland Urban Interface.
- Participants will learn about fire behavior prediction. They will apply this knowledge to the community’s topography, fuels, weather, and the community’s Fire Safe condition including the construction of homes.
- The training will include a field trip to selected homes to do a site assessment on lessons learned.
- The day will include discussion about evacuation and survival tips.
- Please register at: www.firesafesdcounty.org
- For more information or help with registration contact Britney Munoz at the Fire Safe Council of San Diego County at 619-562-0096.
This workshop is hosted by the Descanso Fire Safe Council & SDCFA CERT - So. Division, & administered by the Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County, in partnership with the Fire Safe Council of San Diego County. Funding is provided by the United States Forest Service & a National Fire Plan grant from the Cooperative Fire program of the U.S. Forest Service through the California Fire Safe Council. Special recognition is given to the workshops originators, J.P. Harris and Clay Howe. In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
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