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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — The South Lake Tahoe City Council approved a Deputy Fire Chief/Fire Marshal position during its Tuesday meeting.

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/PRNewswire/ -- The California Fire Safe Council (CFSC), a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) which serves as Californias leader in community resiliency and wildfire risk...

Photo: Elias Funez By October, the Board of Directors of the Fire Safe Council of Nevada County is expected to have voted on a new contract for Jamie Jones, the council’s executive director and CEO. Her current interim contract, approved last month, grants Jones a base annual salary of $140,000, with an automatic 5% salary increase annually given acceptable performance. Additionally, Jones receives certain benefits, such as health care reimbursements, mobile phone reimbursements, and travel e...

Do you plan to do differently as this is a consistent problem facing you, unfortunately? >> well, were putting, as we rebuild, every home will be rebuilt to the new standards, which is hardening of the homes against fire. defensible space is already implemented, at least 100 feet of defensible space. so were trying to make it as fire safe as we can. we definitely need cooperation from our state and federal partners to keep their land clear, as well, so we dont have the fuel that we have thats cr...

Since the CZU fires, Cal Fires San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties division, Cal Fire CZU, as well as other county groups have been working on various projects to protect against wildfires. Woodside and Portola Valley have both stepped up their fuel reduction efforts, said Denise Enea, former Woodside Fire Protection District fire marshal and president of Fire Safe San Mateo County, the organization dedicated to protecting property and the environment for county residents in the wildland/urban in...

A letter written by an attorney on behalf of a former accountant for the Fire Safe Council of Nevada County alleges that the nonprofit is losing money, suffers from poor budgetary management, and is at risk of being investigated for fraud by the IRS. In the letter the nonprofit is described as suffering from “diminishing financial viability,” as having “neglected proper non-profit accounting,” and being in an overall “fragile position” as an organization. The letter was sent June 14...

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