The Lassen fire Safe Council announces a general public meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16 at the Susan River Fire Hall, 705-145 Highway 395 in Johnstonville.
Items on the agenda include a report from the managing director on active projects (CalFire grants — Thompson Peak WUI Fuel Treatments; Diamond Mountain Forest and Watershed Restoration; Hog and Sheep Fire Restoration; Shingletown WUI Fuels Treatment; Whitmore Forest and Watershed Restoration; and Clear Creek and Hog Flat Fuel Treatment. SNC Grants — Bootsole; East Side Communities; and Diamond Mountain. Other — FEMA — Hog and Sheep Fire Restoration; Honey Lake Valley RCD, SPA; and California Fire Safe Council, County Coordinator SCPP); Closed out projects; New planned/awarded projects; Agency updates (BLM; CalFire; SNC; NE CA Fire Prevention; USFS; Susan River FPD; Lassen County OES; SPI; Honey Lake Power; Beaty; Lassen County; Honey Lake Valley RCD; SIR; Red Cross and Firewise Community Leaders); Other; and Public Comment.
According to a statement from the LFSC, “We hope you can all join us and meet our newly elected board members. Light refreshments will be available.”
Four firefighters, two helicopter pilots and a contractor bulldozing a fireline have died in Colorado, Utah and Oregon this year. Fast-moving fires have burned…
