Pinebrook to hold wildfire safety event Saturday, invites everyone, as summer approaches
Scheduled rain or shine for Saturday, May 4, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the event coincides with Wildfire Community Preparedness Day.
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Scheduled rain or shine for Saturday, May 4, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the event coincides with Wildfire Community Preparedness Day.
For the last two seasons, crews have made significant progress on Treasure Hill, with only a couple hundred piles left to burn.
For both resorts, these efforts are the same accepted practices across wildland urban interface spaces: slashing and burning piles to remove excess wildfire fuels.
In previous years, Alpine Forestry crews slashed and piled about 1,500 piles over roughly 30 acres of land on Treasure Hill. Conditions permitting, teams hope to burn around 200 more piles over the coming weekend.
As snow begins to accumulate along our mountains, pile burning is ramping up before winter fully arrives. The task, while perhaps a not-so-glamorous part of a wildland firefighter's job, could make all the difference for a town in the wake of a wildfire.