2013 Fire Season Guide

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Prepare for Fe Ses Gude

2013-2014includesEmergency Preparedness

and Evacuation Guide

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2/11

Although it is still early in the summer, re season is NOW. The lack o winter rains during the last

5 months has made this the ourth driest winter on record in the last 135 years. Conditions are comparable

to what they would be in early August.

We urgently need your help in the ollowing:

1. When venturing into the wildland, be extremely cautious when using re! Campres are not

permitted outside o developed campgrounds in the Tahoe National Forest or on BLM land.

Hot catalytic converters coming into contact with dry grass, cause res each year.

2. I you see a re, call it in immediately to 911. The quicker the notication, the better the chances o

getting it under control.

3. Complete your deensible space NOW to prepare your property or wildre season!

4. Be ready in case o evacuation put together your evacuation kit. I you are told to leave, LEAVE.

We have put this guide together to assist you in having a saer re

season. PLEASE take a ew minutes to read the suggestions and rules

regarding re in western Nevada County. PLEASE utilize the services o

the Fire Sae Council. I you have questions PLEASE talk to your

local re department. Preparing now can prevent problems later this

summer. We URGENTLY need everyones help to keep Nevada County

sae this summer.

Fire Chiefs of Western Nevada County

To the Residents of Western Nevada County

Nevada County re agencies would like to

remind area residents and visitors that the use o all

reworks is prohibited in Nevada County. No person is

permitted to sell, use, possess or transport reworks o

any type. Possession and use o reworks in violation

o these restrictions will be cited and the reworks

will be conscated. As a sae alternative to individual

use o reworks, residents are encouraged to enjoythe 4th o July parade in Grass Valley beginning at

10:00 AM, ollowed by entertainment and ood at the

Nevada County Fairgrounds beginning at 3:00 PM,

and ending with the annual public reworks show

at 9:30 PM.

Nevada City Allows Limited Fireworks Displays

With the 4th o July celebration just around the

corner, the Nevada City Fire Department wants to

remind residents and visitors o Nevada City o its

policies on reworks rom public saety and

enorcement standpoints.

The Nevada City Fire Chie has determined that

Caliornia approved Sae and Sane reworks are

allowed to be used in the City o Nevada City. Members

o the public wishing to conduct a private display will be

able to do so in all areas o the city except in the DeerCreek environs and the Old Nevada City Airport.

The Nevada City Fire Department enorces a zero

tolerance policy as it relates to possession and use o

illegal reworks. In addition, the department has also

stopped issuing sales permits to rework vendors

which has ended reworks sales. The Nevada City Fire

Department will implement special enorcement details

in the days leading up to the holiday weekend to ensure

that illegal reworks arent being purchased and used.

It is illegal to possess, transport or display

any freworks in all unincorporated areas o

Nevada County, the City o Grass Valley and

the Tahoe National Forest.

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Complete this sel-verication checklist or get a ree Deensible Space Advisory Visit by a quality trained Fire

Sae Council volunteer. Ater having your readiness veried, submit your completed checklist with your name,

phone number and email to the Fire Sae Council o Nevada County at PO Box 1112, Grass Valley, CA 95945 or

drop it o at 139 East Main Street in downtown Grass Valley or an opportunity to WIN GREAT PRIZES including

Carbon Monoxide detectors, re rated tarps and Smokey Bear goodie bags at the Nevada County Fair.

Daily drawings o checklist submitted will be given out each day at the air need not be present to win.

YES! I have had my deensible space veried by the Fire Sae Council oNevada County and I am prepared or emergencies! CONGRATULATIONS!!

Youre prepared or wildre season relax and take the rest o the summer o!

Have you developed or reviewed your amilys emergency preparedness

and evacuation plan this year? Is your evacuation kit rereshed? Emergenciesstrike when you least expect it. Having a good emergency plan in place that

all amily members are amiliar with will make the event less stressul andprovide or a smooth exit in the event o evacuations. Many neighborhoodshave special planning guides Please visit: http://www.mynevadacounty.com/nc/

igs/oes/Pages/Community-Emergency-Preparedness-Guides.aspx or theseindividual neighborhood guides. Or use the Nevada County Guide in the2013-2014 Prepare or Fire Season Guide.

Does your road and driveway have 12 eet o good surace with 10 eet o

vegetation management on both sides and a 15 oot vertical clearance? Do

you have a proper turnaround area hammerhead, bulbous or loop? Thiswill allow good access or the re department or other emergency vehicles.

Do you have a refective address sign to clearly identiy your property or an

emergency response? Moments matter when responding to medical aid calls

in the dark o night. Make sure it is EASY to nd you!

Have you removed all dead/dying leaves, pine needles, tree limbs, brush and

trees at least 10 eet rom your structure? Keeping re away rom your home

structure will help it withstand a wildre.

Have you cleaned your roo and rain gutters o all leaves and needles? Roosare one o the most susceptible areas o a home. Ensure you have a Class

A re rated roo on your home.

Are all tree limbs a minimum o 10 eet rom the chimney or stovepipe outlet?Is the chimney or stovepipe screened or equipped with a collared spark

arrestor? Embers rom home warming res may escape the chimney andcause limbs that are too close or dry leaves on the roo to ignite.

Is there 10 eet o clearance around your propane tank? Propane tanks are a

signicant uel source near your home. Proper saety clearance is required.

Are all sot and oundation vents screened with 1/8 inch metal wire mesh?Flying embers rom wildre may enter your home through vents and cause the

home to ignite.

Are all woodpiles more than 10 eet rom the structure or covered with are-rated tarp? Many homeowners use wood as a heating source. Unusedpiles that are stored next to the home create a re hazard and should either be

moved outside the home ignition zone or covered with a re-rated tarp.

Is there irrigation or landscaping around the structure? Keep your homeignition zone either very lean o fammable material or green to decrease the

chance o a re sustaining near your home.

Does your home have stucco/stone/brick or cement board siding? Non-

fammable siding on your home will make it more dicult to burn. New

building codes throughout Caliornia would require you to install these

construction eatures i you built your home today.

Does your home have Class A re-rated roong material? The building code or

re-rated roong was changed shortly ater Nevadas County catastrophic 49er

Fire in 1988, now the State o Caliornia requires this on new construction.

Do you have a cement, wood or Trex deck? Is it boxed in or open?Non-fammable cement and tile decks are the best or withstanding re,

however, redwood, cedar and r decks perorm very well provided they do

not have wood, recycling or construction materials stored underneath them.

Decks that have been ully boxed in with plywood provide added saety.

For detailed inormation on building products suitable or a high wildrehazard area, please visit http://www.re.ca.gov/re_prevention/re_prevention_

wildland_codes.php

ARE YOUREADY FOR

FIRE SEASON?

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4/11

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DeensibleSpaceRemove all dead ordying plants romaround your home

Remove deadleaves and pineneedles rom yourroo and gutters

Harden yourhome by usingfre resistantbuildingmaterials

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5/11

Since 2013 has been one o the driest years in northern Caliornia history,re danger in western Nevada County is running above normal, providingpotential or large wildland res. Snow at the upper elevations dissipated early,increasing the vulnerability o orests to lightning ignitions about a monthahead o normal. The breezy and hot conditions in June, compounded with thelack o normal rainall this past winter and spring, continue to dry vegetation atall elevations. Moisture in the vegetation is expected to rapidly cycle downwardand reach critically dry levels by the end o June. By early July, conditions arepredicted to be at mid August levels.

Predicting How Hot a Fire Burns

One o the primary methods o characterizing re season or the TahoeNational Forest is via the Energy Release Component (ERC) which indicates how

hot a re will burn. ERC uses uel (vegetation) moisture levels as well as typesand conditions o vegetation. When the ERC levels are above 79, res greaterthan 100 acres can occur. The graphs shown at right illustrate the ERC levels orthis year. The 2013 graph shows that conditions at the beginning o June arecomparable to what they would be in July in an average year.

Fire Restrictions in the Tahoe National Forest

Based on the ERC values and predictions, the Forest Service or the TahoeNational Forest made the decision to initiate re restrictions earlier than normal.This decision allows campres only in designated campgrounds; prohibits

campres in the backcountry; limits smoking to developed recreation sites orvehicles; and requires all internal combustion engines (including OHVs) to beoperated on roads or motorized trails.

CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits

CAL FIRE suspended burn permits or the Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit earlierthan normal. Beginning June 1, the burn permit suspension applies to areas inNevada, Yuba and Placer counties that all within state responsibility area andlocal jurisdiction under contract with CAL FIRE. Anyone who burns in violationo the suspension will be subject to appropriate civil or criminal action and couldace cost recovery charges or the re suppression response. All res or smokereported will be considered a wildre and a ull suppression response will bedispatched to the scene.

The Nevada County Oce o Emergency Services (OES) is oering anadditional way or residents o Nevada County to be notied o emergenciessuch as evacuation orders i a wildre is threatening your neighborhood.I you desire to be notied via your AT&T residential or business phoneonly, no action is required on your part since your phone number is alreadyaccessible as part o the public saety data base.

In order to be notied by the countys Emergency NoticationSystem via your cable service phone line, cell phone, or cell phone textmessaging, residents will need to manually add their inormation.

Though all Emergency Notication systems are considered eectiveand ecient, you should not wait or or rely exclusively on a phone callor evacuation direction. I you think you are in immediate danger, do nothesitate to evacuate.

This emergency notication system will only be activated by Countypublic saety personnel. You must be a resident o Nevada County to addyour inormation into CityWatch.

For assistance adding your inormation into CityWatch, contactthe Nevada County Oce o Emergency Services at 530-265-1515 [email protected]

2013 ERC Levels Show Conditions in EarlyJune to Be Comparable to Jvuly

Western Nevada CountyFire Danger Predictions

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EmErGEncy notiFication SyStEm

To assure your additional contact information is included, go to the Nevada County OES website:

http://www.mynevadacounty.com/nc/igs/oes/and look for the CityWatch link. ,


6/11

Local, State, and Federal agencies and organizations have

been working to reduce the uels in western Nevada County

or many years. In the area east and northeast o Scotts

Flat Lake and Cascade Shores subdivision, several dierent

projects in dierent ownerships are coalescing to provide

better wildfre deense.

Tahoe National Forest In 2012, a 16-acre project was

completed to reduce the uels east o Cascade Shores along

travel-ways on National Forest System land to 1) provide saerevacuation routes and 2) reduce intensity o fre behavior so

that frefghters have a greater chance o suppressing the fres.

This project was recommended by the Nevada and Placer

County Resource Advisory Committee and completed by the

Forest Service and Americorp. Additional work in this area is

being prioritized or contract this feld season and will include

approximately 50 acres o uel reduction treatments. The

vegetation will be reduced via chainsaws, chipping, and

piling or burning later in the all/winter. Small trees (less

than 10 inches), brush, and any hazard trees would be

removed along the roads.

Two other community deense projects are being planned

or uel reduction. One project is located immediately north

o Highway 20 in the Rock Creek/Madrone Springs area. This

project could include thinning o small trees and removing

the brush along the roadsides and in other areas previously

harvested. The environmental analysis is being developed

and is planned or implementation in 2014.

A larger project is being planned to reduce additional

uels not only in the Rock Creek area north o Highway 20

but also east o Scotts Flat Lake and Cascade Shores. The

environmental review/analysis has just begun. Depending

on the analysis, treatments may include thinning small or

medium size trees, cutting and piling the brush, burning

the piles, and/or underburning. More inormation on these

projects will be coming and local residents will be invited

to participate in public involvement discussions. Any

questions on these projects can be directed to Donn Thane,

Forest Fuels Ofcer, Tahoe National Forest 530-478-6270

or Mike Cherry Yuba River

Fire Management Ofcer 530-289-3231.

Additional work is being done by others including theBureau o Land Management, Nevada Irrigation District and

the Fire Sae Council o Nevada County.

Example o what a project area could

look like ater the brush and small/med

trees have been removed

Initial draft planning map for community defense projects

By working together, residentscan make their own property and their neighborhood muchsaer rom wildfre. The FirewiseCommunities USA RecognitionProgram provides communitiesa method to take action today toreduce their communitys risk owildfre damage tomorrow. TheFire Sae Council o Nevada Countyhas been assisting individualneighborhoods in completing theNational Fire Protection AssociationsFirewise Communities USAcertifcation process. It beginswith a ew concerns citizens whoorm a committee. Then a communitywildfre hazard assessment inconducted in collaboration withyour local fre department and CALFIRE. From this assessment, thecommittee develops an action planto implement the recommendations.Once the plan is in place an educationalevent is held to geteveryone on board.The certifcation is renewed annually,helping to not only implement theneeded work, but to retain the desiredconditions well into the uture.

Over the past six years, the FireSae Council has aided the ollowingcommunities in attaining the FirewiseCommunities/USA certifcation:

Banner Mountain HomeownersAssociation

Greater Alta Sierra FirewiseCommunity

Greater Cement Hill Neighborhood Association Golden Oaks Homeowners

Association Mountain Lakes Estates Lake Wildwood Homeowners

Association

Lake of the Pines HomeownersAssociation

Rattlesnake Ridge Estates Tahoe-Donner Homeowners

Association.

New communities currently workingon the certifcation process include:

Cascade Shores

Ridgeview Woodland Estates,

Charlean-Maidu Neighborhood

Harmony Ridge Estates.

Deensible space is the frst lineof protection. Working togethercommunities can reduce their riskto wildfre by becoming a nationallyrecognized Firewise CommunityUSA. Contact the Fire Sae Councilto learn more at (530) 272-1122 orvisit www.areyoufresae.com.

Working Together inWestern Nevada County

Take Responsibility

Nevada County ResidentsBecome FirewiseCommunities USA!

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Bureau of Land Management: The BLM Mother Lode FieldOfce issues Hazardous Fuels Variance Permits to landownerswho wish to reduce uels on adjacent BLM land. Ater receivinga permit request, BLM will perorm the necessary environmentaland other reviews or the project beore issuing the permit.Throughout the 2012/2013 fre seasons, BLM has been providinguel reduction and strategic fre planning in the South Yubawatershed, the Inimim Forest and Round Mountain areas.BLMwill be conducting prescribed fre within many areas oNevada County next feld season. BLM continues to support the

Fire Sae Council with personnel and equipment. BLM encourageslandowners to Take Responsibility and maintain 100 deensiblespaces around their homes. For more inormation, visithttp://takeresponsibility.cafrealliance.com/

Nevada Irrigation District Biomas Project The NevadaIrrigation District (District) is continuing its proactive role inbeing good stewards o our lands and the watershed through theimplementation o a Cal Fire unded biomass uel reduction project.The harvesting o the biomass will signifcantly help lower the fredanger on 300 acres o District owned lands surrounding ScottsFlat Reservoir. The project involves the removal o a portion o theoverstocked understory, and some o the diseased, and damagedtress in the overstory. The harvested biomass will then be utilized tosupport a renewable energy source and help fnance the project.

As an added beneft, the thinning will provide or the creationo deensible space while reducing tree spacing. This increasedspacing will help to promote healthy regeneration and provideor larger tress or the uture. Managing the lands in this ashionpreserves a healthy watershed by maintaining a strong managedorest, all while reducing uel continuity and the potential frethreat to adjacent landowners in the area.

The Fire Safe Council of Nevada County is working tocomplete two uel reduction projects this feld season. TheColumbia Hill Fuel Break on the North San Juan Ridge and theexpansion o the Deer Creek Community Fuel Break below theMorgan Ranch subdivision. A grant has been awarded to theCouncil rom the Forest Service Resource Advisory Committeeor a project in Cascade Shores or roadside evacuation clearing.Individual Firewise Communities are also implementing projectsthrough their action plans. The Greater Alta Sierra FirewiseCommunity has partnered with the Bureau o Land Management

to address heavy fuel loading below homes along George Way.

The Banner Mountain Homeowners Association FirewiseCommunity completed a deensible space uel break in theDeer Creek Park community. Both Firewise projects utilized theassistance o AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps crewssponsored by the Fire Sae Council. These ormal uel reductionprojects represent over 100 acres o community uel reductiontreatments over the past year.


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The Fire Sae Council o Nevada County

is a non-prot, local volunteer organization

dedicated to making Nevada County saer

rom catastrophic wildre through re prevention

education, re break clearing projects and creating

Firewise Communities USA

.

Education programs and landowner assistance

services operate through grant unding and

community donations. Donations are requested

based on the services provided, however, most all

programs and services are ree o charge regardless

o the ability to provide a cash contribution.

The Council oers memberships or specic benets

such as priority chipping service, scheduled chipping

service and discounts on products and events.

Memberships provide revenue to und grant

writing and local match requirements or grant

unded projects.

Chicago Park 4-H Club ater deensible space clearing.To view the video on creating deensible space the 4-H

Club created visit http://www.areyouresae.com/resources/media-resources/. The SNAP program is unded by the

Allstate Foundation.

Programs and services provided

by the council include:

Deensible Space Advisory Visits at Your Home

Year round, Drive-by Chipping Service

Firewise Landscaping Guide

Deensible Space Clearing or low-income Seniors

and Disabled

Deensible Space Verication Service or Homeowners

Insurance (ee service)

Educational Lending Library

Emergency Evacuation Planning

Scotch Broom Challenge Weed Wrench Loans & Project Sites

Fire Sae Products Refective Road and Address Signs &

Fire Rated Tarps

Community Wildre Hazard Assessments

Firewise Communities USA Certication Assistance

Neighborhood Firewise Presentations

Reduced cost CALSTAR & REACH lie fight helicopter

service memberships

Community Fuel Reduction Projects

Memberships or Individuals, Associations and Businesses

Annual Awards Program or Volunteer, Firewise Community

& Partner o the Year

For complete inormation on all programs and services,

please visit www.areyoufresae.com or call the Fire Sae

Council at (530) 272-1122.

The Fire Sae

Council Can Help You

Be Firewise


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2-1-1 Nevada County helps

provides inormation about health

and human services to NevadaCounty residents.

In the event o a community-

wide emergency here in Nevada

County, this same three digit number

may be dialed or 24 hour disaster-

related inormation.

In the wake o several natural

disasters across the country,

including res, earthquakes and

foods, 2-1-1 programs have been

used to relieve pressure on the 911

system and emergency response

teams by providing an easy number

or citizens to call or non-emergency

needs, reeing up emergency

responders to deal with true

emergencies.

For example, Dialing 2-1-1

provides citizens with criticalnon-emergency assistance such as:

Inormation on evacuation and

return routes; mass care shelter/

housing options; ood and water;

social services; amily reunication

status; animal and pet evacuation

inormation; trac and road

closures; and school and work

closures.During the 2007 restorms in

San Diego County, 2-1-1 provided

inormation and support to more

than 130,000 residents in 5 days.

San Diego Sheri Bill Gore reported,

The 2-1-1 service was an invaluable

resource during the restorm in that

it reed up calls rom 911. We could

give inormation on repopulated

neighborhoods to the 2-1-1

operators and consequently we saw

911 calls diminish over time because

o that. Every year since then, 2-1-1

San Diego has continued to play

this same role in disaster services

during res.

I 2-1-1 Nevada Countys call

center was inundated with calls

during a disaster, 2-1-1 NevadaCounty also has the ability to have

multiple other 2-1-1 locations answer

our phones and give out needed

inormation to local residents.

In addition, 2-1-1 provides a

valuable reerral number or public

saety and health personnel. Police,

Sheri, CHP, and Fire personnel

have an easy-to-remember number

to give to at-risk populations as a

resource to help with their needs

in any type o emergency or or

ongoing assistance. For example,

police called on or suspected

domestic violence are able to give

one number or marriage/amily

counseling, substance abuse, job

training, and other assistance which

may help the amily avoid violenceand abuse. 2-1-1 helps law enorce-

ment and the courts connect people

in need with resources to help.

Recently, Public Health agencies

have used 2-1-1s as the central point

to call or updated public health

inormation, as in the recent H1N1

event and the whooping cough

outbreak here in Caliornia.Remember, when any declared

disaster strikes here in Nevada

County and you need non-emergen-

cy inormation, Dial 2-1-1 to nd the

help you need.

FireSimulation

ExERCisEIn June, the Forest

Service and CAL FIRE

hosted a wildfre simula-

tion or western Nevada

County. The purpose othe simulation was to

improve interagency coor-

dination i a major wildfre

were to occur. Over 50 people rom 15 dierent agencies

participated.

The simulation began with a briefng as i a fre was

actually occurring. All the details o the fre were shared

location, size, rate o fre spread and direction, number o

frefghters and equipment, etc. The audience then broke

into our separate groups to discuss command protocols,

community support needs, public inormation processes

and tactical fre suppression/law enorcement operations.

They discussed what actions they would take and planned

how they would interact with the other groups. As the

simulation progressed other events were added including

evacuations, road closures, communication outages, and

loss o dispatching capacity.

Ater an hours discussion, the group got back together to

share successes and lessons learned. All reported that it was

a very worthwhile exercise. Several participants stated that

they were able to identiy processes, programs, or equipment

that they could share to aid in this emergency operation.

Future simulations and additional coordination eorts are

planned as a result o this exercise.

According to Jeanne Pincha-Tulley, Tahoe National

Forest Fire Chie, This was an important opportunity to

identiy gaps in our communication and operating processes.

We discussed a variety o ways we can work together more

efciently in an emergency. We all know how to do our

job; this exercise gave us a chance to see how well we

work together.

2-1-1 & DisasterResponse

Dial 2-1-1to nd thehelp you

need


9/1110

Most homeowners

dont think about their

gutters during the dry,sunny months. Usu-

ally, its heavy winter

storms that tip you o

that your gutters are

clogged. But accumu-

lated debris is also

one o your homes

greatest wildre

vulnerabilities.

Flammable debriscan build up on

your roo and in

your gutters. Flying

embers during a

wildre can quickly ignite

this dry matter in your gutters, catching the roos underside

on re. Fire may even spread to the roo vents, where it can

enter your home and damage your belongings.

Its common sense -- and the lawClearly, then, cleared gutters should be part o your wildre

protection plan. Thats common sense. Make sure youre also

aware o wildre prevention regulations that apply to you.

Western Nevada County is a designated Fire Hazard Severity

Zone. Most o the area is Very High and the rest is High.

Many areas o Caliornia, including Nevada County, have been

designated as urban wildland interace areas. In these areas the

Caliornia Building Code states that roo gutters must be provided

with the means to prevent the accumulation o leaves and debrisin the gutter. For years many areas o our state have required re

resistant roo materials, yet our gutters remain a collection area

or combustible debris. Gutter protection is one o many building

code updates (Caliornia Building Code Chapter 7A) that address

ignition-resistant materials and construction methods. While the

building code updates were written or new construction, home

renovations and re-roong projects are subject to the same

building code requirements in some counties.

Take action nowI youve recently replaced your roo, youre already tuned in

to ignition-resistant building materials. Likely you addressed

your gutter protection needs at that time. Congratulations.

What i your home is not new construction and you arent

planning to re-roo or renovate in the near uture? Its still

very important to inspect, clean out, and i necessary,

replace your gutters.

Some dos and donts

1. Recheck or the season. Even i you just cleaned your gutters this

winter, check them again. In open-top gutters, debris accumulatesquickly -- especially when its windy. And as the summer sun turns

rom warm to hot, leaves and pine needles dry out quickly. This can

leave you with a tinderbox ready to ignite.

2. Be sae. Getting on a ladder and climbing onto your roo can be

very dangerous. More than 100,000 U.S. homeowners all o

ladders every year. Hiring a proessional gutter cleaner may be a

wise move. Remember, youre doing this to make your home saer.

Dont sacrice your own personal saety in the process.

3. Dont improvise. Improperly tted screens or homemade xes

can easily come loose. This allows leaves to get into

the gutters, where they become trapped underneath the parts

o the screen still in place. This is actually worse than having

an open-top gutter!

4. Solve the problem orever. Rather than worrying about your

gutters every re season, think o your long-term saety, and plan

ahead. There are many gutter guards or lea protection products

available -- rom add-on gutter covers to gutter hoods and screensto seamless gutter systems.

5. Compare products and contractors. As you research the

solution that will work best or you, talk to gutter systems

proessionals about the approach they recommend or

your home. Ask or reerences, and get bids rom multiple

contractors, i it makes sense to do so.

6. Read the ne print. The guarantee is the single most important part

o the contract! Be sure you know what it covers and or how long.

Is it a lietime warranty -- or just a ew years? And

pay particular attention to exceptions and exclusions, oten

hidden deep within the contract terms. The goal here is to

protect your home, not leave you more vulnerable.

Its an honor to help educate local homeowners on opportunities

to make their homes more re sae.

Ray Byers, Sr.

President & CEO

Nevada County resident

Your Homes Gutter: on the Roofine -and Frontline - o Wildre Protection


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agees sss wh fuel edu,

sev plg, eege pepedess

Fire Sae Council o Nevada County (530) 272-1122

Nevada County Ofce o Emergency Services (530) 265-1515

Nevada County Resource Conservation District (530) 272-3417

Cal Fire Regional Ofce Auburn(530) 889-0111

Cal Fire Recorded Inormation(530) 823-4083

Tahoe National Forest(530) 265-4531

Bureau o Land Management(916) 941-3101

Nevada County Public Health Department(530) 265-7174

American Red Cross Capital Region(916) 993-7070

American Red Cross Northeastern Chapter (530) 673-1460

RESOURCE DIRECTORY

CAL FIRE has primary wildland re responsibility within local Nevada County re district boundaries.

Plant the Right Tree in the Right Place


11/11

Tree Planting Safety

Your safety is PG&E's top priority. Planting trees

under power lines can pose electrical shock

hazards and fire safety risks. To stay safe, keep the

lights on and get the long-term benefit, beauty and

satisfaction from the trees you plant, refer to the

planting zone guidelines below.

When landscaping be sure to consider overhead

power lines and underground utilities in addition to

fire hazard, sun exposure and soil conditions when

selecting shrubs and trees.

Plant the Right Tree in the Right Place

The best way to protect yourself and your home is

by planting the right tree in the right place.

Though some large trees grow under power lines

naturally, many are planted without the

realization of how large they would eventually

become. So, select a tree with the proper height at

maturity for its location.Plant for personal and fire safety. Use the "Small,

Medium and Tall Zone" guidelines near distribution

lines and the "Wire Zone, Border Zone, Outer

Zone" guidelines near transmission lines. If you're

not sure whether a l ine is distribution or

transmission call us at 1-800-743-5000.

For more information about trees and power lines:

Visit www.pge.com/trees

Request a "Guide to Planting Small Trees Near

Distribution Lines" by calling 1-800-743-5000 or

email [email protected] . Specify:

Northern California, Central California or the Bay

Area/Inland area.

50 ft. 15 ft. 0

Tall

Zone

Trees taller

than 40 feet

at maturity

Medium

Zone

Trees no taller

than 40 feet at

maturity

Small

Zone

Trees no taller

than 25 feet at

maturity

Transmission

Line

Distribution

Line

Planting distancesfrom distribution lines:

Wire ZoneNo trees

Only low growing shrubs.

Border ZoneOnly small trees

or shrubs.

Outer ZoneTrees no taller thanthe distance to thewire at maturity.

Incompatible vegetation is subject to removal.

6/2009

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