Hwy 108 FireSafe Council

Highway 108 FireSafe Council
Volunteer organization incorporated in 2002
Dedicated to increasing public awareness of wildland fire dangers and improving community and home fire safety
Coordination with fire agencies and public to provide
Defensible space
Fuel treatments and shaded fuel breaks
Evacuation routes
H108 FSC Accomplishments
Developed with fire agencies and local govt.
Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)
Highway 108 Strategic Fire Plan
Grant funding for constructing a system of fuel treatments and shaded fuel breaks from Columbia to Twain Harte to Tuolumne
Plainview slash disposal site
Community chipping program
Fuel treatments and fuel breaks for
Big Hill SFB - Sierra Outdoor School to Hatler Mill (FS grant, SRA, PGE)
Sierra Glenn/Montgomery Road
Mt. Elizabeth South Perimeter
Silver Spur Drive/Baker Ranch
Cedar Ridge
Ponderosa Hills
Columbia and Phoenix Lake Estates
North Bald Mountain SFB (Prop 40 and PGE)
Parrott’s Ferry/Rambling Hills SFB (PGE)
Community meetings and displays at community events
Funding sources
Proposition 40 CA Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks and Coastal Protection Act of 2002
2006 Proposition 84 Sierra Nevada Conservancy for safe water supply and quality, flood control, park improvements and natural resource protection
2011 AB 29 (Fire prevention fees/CalFire) for State responsibility areas (SRA)
2000 National Fire Plan and Healthy Forests Initiative (HFI) for fuel reduction on private lands. Funding provided by USFS, BLM, NPS, and FWS
Title II and Title III funds from Secure Rural Schools andCommunity Self Determination Act of 2000 (RAC)
Other federal funding sources
PGE grants