El Dorado County Fire Safe Council
Fort Jim Fire Safe Council
Contact Information:
Courtney Jackson – (530) 295-7165
Mailing Address:
Fort Jim FSC
C/O Courtney Jackson
4165 Fort Jim Road, Placerville
Email: fortjimfsc@gmail.com
Welcome to Fort Jim Fire Safe Council. You will find many links here for resources. Together we can make our community safer.
Get your FREE Home Hardening and Defensible Space Assessment NOW!
Learn what steps to take in order to reduce your risk. Some of these tips are very easy to implement and are very beneficial. The assessment covers * defensible space requirements, * creating a Zone Zero perimeter PLUS * Home Hardening AND Defensible Space techniques.
Download the Assessment Request Form HERE
Resources
Wildfire Prevention Assessments
Reflective Address Sign form
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FC3dCbr0Dxni0aq2JbHJT7m-nXHxxMdR/view?usp=sharing
Fort Jim FSC FireWise Volunteer Hours Worksheets
Excel
Fort Jim Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/146491008448122
El Dorado County CodeRed Reverse 911 http://ready.edso.org
CalFire https://www.fire.ca.gov/
Fire and Smoke Map
YubaNet Fire Information Site
Current Wildland Fire Map
Calfire Amador El Dorado Facebook Page
CalFire Defensible Space www.readyforwildfire.org/Defensible-Space
CalFire Fire Resistant Homes https://www.readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire/get-ready/
CalFire Ready-Set-Go https://www.readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire/
Fire Resistant Landscaping https://detailslandscapeart.com/fire-resistant-landscaping
Living with Fire Nevada www.livingwithfire.info
Defensible Space
https://www.fire.ca.gov/dspace/
Ready For Wildfire
https://www.readyforwildfire.org/
Homeowners Checklist
Hardening Your Home
Smart Phone Apps
Smoke Point
Apple – https://apps.apple.com/us/app/smoke-point/id1534305839
Google – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.smokepoint.SmokePoint&hl=en_US&gl=US
Watch Duty
Apple – https://apps.apple.com/ai/app/watch-duty-wildfire/id1574452924
Google – https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Watch+Duty&hl=en&gl=US
Fire Cams California
Apple – https://apps.apple.com/us/app/california-fire-cams/id1355470109
Google – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pkoyushev.californiafirecams&hl=en_US&gl=US
Videos
Be Ember Prepared
Fire Adapted Communities: The Next Step in Wildfire Preparedness
Living With Fire in the Lake Tahoe Basin
While this has a lot of very good information, the new regulations state that wire mesh should now be 1/8th of an inch not 1/4 of an inch.
Contact Us:
Courtney Jackson, President
Fort Jim Fire Safe Council
Cell: (530) 295-7165
Email: fortjimfsc@gmail.com
Fort Jim Fire Safe Council Board Members
Courtney Jackson, Chair
Vicki Emery, Vice-President
Sam Muscarello, Treasurer
Jack English, Secretary
Jason Jackson, Liaison
Mark Spellman, At Large
Alison Fleckner, At Large
Keat Fleckner, At Large
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fortjimfsc@gmail.com