Sierra Springs Owners Association Fire Safety
2022-2023 version
Most insurance companies offer a nice discount on your homeowners premium if you provide them with this certificate. Click here to download yours.
Foothill Fire Flash
Click here for the newsletter from the El Dorado County Fire Safe Council (EDCFSC)
2023 Defensible Space Evaluation
May, 2023 is El Dorado County's deadline for property owners to comply with El Dorado County Ordinance
#5101. Defensible Space Evaluators will begin their evaluations of properties May 15, 2023. Please be ready and make sure your property is compliant!.
Please refer to the following links for information about your property evaluation starting with the Letter of Instructions:
Defensible Space Evaluation Form
Defensible Space Property Right of Entry Form
Refer to this document for a list of property cleanup contractors that can help prepare your property for compliance.
Call the SSOA office should you have any questions.
FREE CHIPPING PROGRAM IS BACK!
The El Dorado County Fire Safe Council Chipping Program is now funded and ready for our Sierra Springs residents to participate in.
If you are interested in participating in this program, please read and follow the instructions provided on this link
More information here on Sierra Springs Watch discussion.
Be sure to have your slash piles ready BEFORE submitting your application!
Thank you and have a safe year!
This excellent video explains how firefighters saved our homes. Click on the image above or click here to access the video.
Sierra Springs Homeowners Association has a Fire Safety team that is looking out for our community. This page is dedicated to their efforts and to help keep our community informed about being "fire safe".
Learn Before You Burn
Click here for information about the "What, When, Where and How” of proper and
legal outdoor Open Burning.
Fire Safety Meetings
All SSRFSC Fire Safety Meetings will be held on the FIRST MONDAY of every month beginning at 6:30 pm.
NOTE: All meetings will be held at the SSOA Lodge and/or via ZOOM. Zoom links will be posted with the agenda on the SSOA website prior to each meeting. These will also be posted on the Sierra Springs Watch Facebook page.
Volunteers needed for the Fire Safety team:
We need people to help perform evaluations. Please contact the SSOA office or Kay Campbell if you have a few hours to spare!
Regular Fire Safety Meetings for 2023
- January 2
- February 6
- March 6 (Cancelled)
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- April 3
- May 1
- June 5
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- July 3
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- August 7
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- September 4
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- October 2
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- November 6
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- December (None Scheduled)
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Fire Safe Meeting Minutes Archives
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2022
- December 2022 (No meeting held)
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2021
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022 (no meeting held)
- December 2021 (No meeting held)
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021 (No meeting held - due to fire evacuations)
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021 (No meeting held)
- November 2020
- October 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
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Sierra Springs Fire Safety
We live in a beautiful area surrounded by trees and natural landscapes. Every property owner should be aware of fire safety and keep their property clear of fire dangers. Refer to this document for more information about how you can help keep your property, and Sierra Springs fire safe.
Wildfire Evacuation meeting video
Click here to view the meeting held about wildfire preparedness and evacuation information.
Sierra Springs Fire Safety Video
Click in the red banner above (or this link ) to launch a video presentation that shows how to maintain a "Defensible Space"on your property. The link also provides several resources that are helpful in understanding how to create and maintain your property and to maintain "fire safe".
Click the image above (or this link ) to launch a short (4 min) YouTube video that demonstrates the importance of clearing pine needles and debris off rooftops, gutters and around foundations, compost and wood chips in flower beds - also compares effect of embers on different types of exterior siding…..check it out!
Defensible-Space
Click here to access an article from the LEGISLATIVE ANALYST’S OFFICE.
FIRE-POWER-MONEY
Click here to access the series on "How to control California fires as scientists explain the process.
Wildfire Preparation Guides
Click here to access the Wildfire Home Retrofit Guide document.
Click here for the Fire Adapted Communities brochure.
Reflective Address Signs
Make your home address visible with this reflective address sign.
Click HERE to order an address marker for your home.
El Dorado County - Vegetation Management Complaint Form
Use this form for reporting any property that poses a wildfire risk.Property Cleanup contractor list
Click here for a listing of property cleanup contractors.
Neighborhood Radio Watch
Radio For The Rest of Us
For years, Amateur Radio Operators (aka "Hams"), have used radios when normal communications fail. Radio also aids First Responders during disasters. However, it’s become increasingly critical for "The Rest of Us," our families, our friends, and our community, to also have access to reliable communications when cell phone and Internet services fail.
Getting a Ham Radio license requires passing a test beyond the interests of most. But there are radio alternatives that citizens can use without passing a test. Click here for more information that could help you and your family through those times when your power and other types of communications fail.