El Dorado County Local News: Resilience


All Local Resilience News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

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08/10/2024
The El Dorado Community Foundation has opened applications for emergency assistance to evacuees of the Crozier Fire.

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08/09/2024
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Police say recent arson arrest unrelated; air quality becoming a concern.

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08/09/2024
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Tahoe's clarity report card just came out, yet two sewage spills occurring within less than two weeks of each other have minds on murkier matters.

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08/09/2024
El Dorado County is maintaining and updating a webpage with official information about the Crozier Fire. (See article for URL)

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08/08/2024
A number of Lake Tahoe fire districts are offering free chipping services to encourage home owners to maintain defensible space. (See article to find out how to sign up.)

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08/07/2024
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Evacuations were ordered Wednesday afternoon in El Dorado County for a fast-moving wildland fire in the community of Rescue, located north of Cameron Park and northeast of El Dorado Hills.

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08/07/2024
The Cameron Park Community Services District Board of Directors approved a contract to explore annexation of fire services to the El Dorado Hills Fire Department.

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08/06/2024
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Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team forest thinning projects are scheduled to continue for the next several weeks, conditions and weather permitting.

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08/06/2024
So many intense wildfires all at once require an intricate chess game for maneuvering firefighters and equipment around the U.S.

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07/31/2024
Whether they mean to or not, people are responsible for about 95% of the state’s wildfires. While arson accounts for about 10% of the fires, others can start in a myriad of ways.

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07/26/2024
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The Folsom Fire Department contained a vegetation early Friday evening that was a threat to structures in a well populated neighborhood with plenty of dry vegetation to fuel the flames in windy conditions,

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07/26/2024
A number of forest thinning and fuel reduction projects are taking place in the Lake Tahoe Basin over the rest of the summer and into the fall.

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07/25/2024
Al Tahoe Firewise is hosting its annual neighborhood clean-up and chipping day get together this year on August 3.

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07/25/2024
In his 2018 campaign, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would create 500,000 new apprenticeships in the decade after taking office. So far, the state has registered more than 180,000 new apprenticeships. Many of them are firefighters.

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07/24/2024
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Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team forest thinning projects are underway in the Lake Tahoe Basin. These projects are expected to continue for the next several weeks with some projects continuing through the fall, conditions and weather permitting.

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07/24/2024
70-year old Warren Elliott has been found safe after going missing on July 19, subsisting for five days on a handful of berries and creek water.

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07/24/2024
A look at increasing defensible space, starting with the shrubs or other plants near home foundations.

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07/24/2024
The El Dorado County Fire Protection District was awarded a grant for the acquisition of self-contained breathing packs for its firefighters.

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07/22/2024
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Homewood Mountain Resort is prepping to start its Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project after the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board unanimously approved it earlier this summer.