The Big Bear Lake Fire Department will be offering another defensible space workshop, this one to be held on Thursday (May 21) at 4pm. This general workshop is open to all landscapers, loggers, property managers, handymen and others involved in creating defensible space and vegetation removal. According to David Yegge, the fire department’s Fire Fuels Program Coordinator, “This … [Read more...] about Free Defensible Space Workshop Offered by Big Bear Lake Fire Department on Thursday
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National Safe Boating Week Launches Tomorrow; Wear a Life Jacket, Designate a Driver, and Keep it Quagga-Free
Saturday marks the launch of the National Safe Boating Council’s “Wear It!” campaign, as boaters are reminded to wear a life jacket during National Safe Boating Week, May 16–22, and always. In California last year, there were 55 boating fatalities and 601 boating accidents and, per the U.S. Coast Guard, 90% of drowning victims in recreational boating accidents were not wearing … [Read more...] about National Safe Boating Week Launches Tomorrow; Wear a Life Jacket, Designate a Driver, and Keep it Quagga-Free
Senator Dutton Introduces Legislation to Designate Highway 330 as the Steve Faris Memorial Highway
Highway 330 may soon have a special designation. Legislation introduced by Senator Bob Dutton to honor former Battalion Chief Steve Faris of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has made its way through the Senate and is now in the Assembly. If passed, the resolution would designate Highway 330 as the Steve Faris Memorial Highway; he died in September 2006 … [Read more...] about Senator Dutton Introduces Legislation to Designate Highway 330 as the Steve Faris Memorial Highway
Local Students Explore Careers With Fire and Sheriff’s Departments; Fundraising Car Washes Support Their Programs
Local students have been given the opportunity to explore careers in law enforcement and firefighting, thanks to programs offered by the Big Bear Sheriff’s Station and the Big Bear City Fire Department. The Sheriff’s Explorers, which is open to 14 to 21-year-olds who maintain at least a “C” average, are introduced to the police profession while riding with patrol deputies and, … [Read more...] about Local Students Explore Careers With Fire and Sheriff’s Departments; Fundraising Car Washes Support Their Programs
County Supervisors Accept Additional $10 Million in Funding for County Fire’s Fuels Reduction Program; Sugarloaf Roads Tax to Continue
Continued fuels reduction, as implemented by the San Bernardino County Fire Department, will extend through July 2013, given County Supervisors’ approval in their meeting yesterday. In order for County Fire to receive an additional $10 million in federal funding, through a grant offered by the U.S. Forest Service, matching funds of 10%--or one million dollars—will be factored … [Read more...] about County Supervisors Accept Additional $10 Million in Funding for County Fire’s Fuels Reduction Program; Sugarloaf Roads Tax to Continue