Updated maps show 3 areas at most risk of burning in giant blazes By J. Harry Jones UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER September 28, 2008 Last year, a fire task force...
Perhaps this information should be forwarded to the planning department? Rather than use such risks maps solely for natural ecosystem destruction they could be...
Jon E Keeley
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Oct 2, 2008 5:49 am
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Pondering that endless dislocation between the science, the planning (politics) and development interests. The latter proving immune to reason...at least while...
George Courser
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Oct 2, 2008 2:13 pm
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The fire departments use them to stage fire fighters. Following the Minnich paradigm, they place more resources in those areas identified as having older aged...
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Jon E Keeley
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Oct 6, 2008 3:00 pm
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Hi all, FYI please see attached letter the Cleveland National Forest requesting that they seek compensation from SDG&E for ecological and other damage caused...
David Hogan
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Oct 7, 2008 2:29 am
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Might seem a stretch for some of our interests... but the environment, parks, quality of life all need to be highlighted for such a group, or they may get lost...
afege@...
Oct 9, 2008 2:38 am
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Thought some of you would be interested in this question and answer, and in the course description (can only be attended by agency personnel or their qualified...
afege@...
Oct 10, 2008 7:40 pm
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I will be out of the office starting 10/09/2008 and will not return until 10/13/2008. Happy Holidays! I will respond to your message when I return....
Marcia Narog
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Oct 10, 2008 11:03 pm
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SDFRN, UCAN and DPC, The nexus between backcountry fire and proposed power line infrastructure is compelling. Read with interest the following events coming...
All, As the article below clearly shows, the constant drumbeat blaming firefighters and the government for "unnaturally" suppressing fires is coming back to...
All, A strictly unscientific observation from yours truly: the horse was long gone before the barn burned. San Diego County government IS responsible for...
Jan Tubiolo
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Oct 16, 2008 3:42 pm
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Jan, You are right. If there ever was cause for a class action lawsuit it would be against certain local government entities for allowing development in areas...
... permits in the back country... ... it would be against certain local government entities for allowing development... ... I agree that government should...
Kurt, You make some excellent points, some of which I certainly need to remember in our on-going efforts to reduce fire risk. In our zealousness to do good, we...
Don't want to create a continuing dialogue, because they can become pretty expansive and time-consuming, but I don't disagree with you Kurt, on...
Jan Tubiolo
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Oct 16, 2008 5:56 pm
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Riverside county has identified high fire danger areas in their MSHCP. In order to get permits to build in these areas additional fire-safety measures must be...
Riverside county has identified high fire danger areas in their MSHCP. In order to get permits to build in these areas additional fire-safety measures must be...
The issues are not centered so much on "development" but building practices that place people at risk. Every time a cul de sac is made on a hillside knoll, or...
I am convinced that government (that is, us as we constituted our public agencies) can play a positive part in helping people protect homes and lives: if the...
Kay
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Oct 17, 2008 12:37 am
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FYI, this will be a good discusssion - Geoffrey _____ From: Anne Fege [mailto:afege@...] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 10:09 AM Subject: TOMORROW/Tues....
Fellow Conservationists, We have just released a Special Edition of our quarterly journal The Chaparralian. If you would like a copy, please let me know. We...
Thanks for forwarding this; I located it a few days ago, and have ordered a paper copy of the document, (_http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/publications/order.shtml_...
afege@...
Oct 23, 2008 10:37 pm
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A Crackling Controversy, by Scott Gold In the Los Angeles Times Friday Oct 24: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-outthere24-2008oct24,0,7661981.story ...
Kay
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Oct 25, 2008 3:11 am
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Part of examining the "entire" fire risk reduction equation. Rick California Chaparral Institute Fire department to teach people to protect homes Those who...
Rick, I believe that the necessity of assistance of volunteers and homeowners during fires, as ultimate stakeholders in the community, is being recognized....
A number of folks have asked me about Prop. A, the local ballot initiative in San Diego County that will assess property owners a $52 parcel tax that the...
Hi Rick, I too have been asked about this proposition. After the approval of a $250. per household tax levy for fire services, San Miguel Fire department...