Mendocino County Fire Safe Council
151 Laws Avenue #B  •  P.O. Box 1488  •  Ukiah, CA 95482-1488  •  707-462-3662  •  firesafe@pacific.net
It's up to us...

Site Map

You know you saw it somewhere - but can't remember how to get there again ??
This page has links to every other page on this site,
in alphabetical order in three sections, Home Page, Articles, and PDF files.

(This page is updated frequently)

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Home Page

About the MCSFC
* Burn Permit information!
Fire and the Environment
         * The Natural Resources Conservation Service ( pdf - 14K)
         *  The Mendocino County Resource Conservation District (pdf - 24K)
         *  The California Native Plant Society (pdf - 17K)
         * Controlling Invasive Weeds: When and How to Mow (pdf - 27K)
         * Controlling the Spread of Gorse
(pdf - 297K)

Gallery (still being developed)
        Mendocino Lightning Complex June - July 2008
        Orr Road August 2010 
History of the MCFSC
* Join us!!
( pdf - 67K)
* Join us!! (html -16K)
Links to Important Resources
Mendocino County Fire Agencies
Plan Ahead for Survival
         * Risk Assessment Checklist (pdf - 90 kb)
         * Creating a Safety Zone (pdf - 24kb)
         * Fire Protection Water Supplies (pdf - 18kb)
         * Horse Owner Preparedness (pdf - 19kb)
Sponsors


Articles
         Access to Your Home - Can responders find and get to your house?
         Air, Fire, and Water - Air quality, burn permits, and water supplies
         Anderson Valley Fire Chief Colin Wilson and the San Diego Cedar Fire
         Be Prepared - Plan Ahead - Preperations you can make, actions you can take.
         Developing Water Supplies for Fire Protection - by Fire Chief Colin Wilson
         Embers and “the little things” - Protecting against hidden fires.
         Home Preparedness - Are you ready if a fire happens?
         How to Plant Weed Wise and Fire Safe for inland Mendocino County
          page 1: Invasive Weeds
          page 2: How to Use this Guide, & The Garden Zone
          page 3: Greenbelt Zone
          Page 4: Transition Zone
          Page 5: Trees & Powerlines
          Page 6: Credits and Acknowledgements
         If a wildfire is heading your way... - know what to take, how to be prepared.
         If you can't get out... - do you have a Safety Zone?  
         Insurance
         Invasive Gorse - The hot-burning import that is trying to take over our Coast
         It Will Happen Here - the Oakland Hills Fire - by someone who survived it!
         Make your home “defensible” or “survivable”! - things you can do.
         Mendocino National Forest Resource Advisory Committee - what we do. 
         Outdoor Fire Safety - avoid careless equipment use or growing practices.
         The Reality of Wildfire - a Mendocino scenario - It could happen here!
         Why do some homes burn, while others survive? - hidden embers.
         Wildfires: Mendocino County Natives - They have always happened here.
         Will a fire engine come to your house? - or pass you by as a lost cause?
          Zones for Wildfire Safety - your landscaping can make a differance


PDF files
      * California Native Plant Society - 17kb PDF file
        * Conserving Mendocino County's Working Landscapes - 24kb PDF file
        * Controlling Invasive Weeds: When and How to Mow - 27 kb PDF file.
        * Creating a Fire Safely Zone - 25 kb PDF file
        * Developing Water Supplies - 18kb PDF file
        * Gorse the Invader - 300kb PDF file
        * Horse Owner Preparedness - 19kb PDF file
        * How to Plant Weed Wise and Fire Safe - 12.7mb PDF file
        * Living with Wildfire (2007) - 9.4 mb PDF file,
        * Living With Wildfire (2009) - 37 mb PDF file.
        * The Mendocino County Community Wildfire Protection Plan - 4.5 mb PDF file

        * The Natural Resources Conservation Service - 14kb PDF file
        * Water Supplies for Fire Protection - 1.2mb PDF file
        * Wildfire Risk Assessment Form, 2010 -
90 kb PDF file



 The Mendocino County Fire Safe Council, Inc., is a nonprofit California Corporation (EIN 83-0395685).