Tag: fire prevention

A REMINDER ABOUT DEFENSIBLE SPACE

This weekendā€™s two wildfires and a small vegetation fire emphasize the need to create a defensible space around your home. Managing editor Tami Roleff offers these tips from Cal Fire on how to reduce the potential for fire damage to your…

MAKE A FIRE PREVENTION PLAN

Move over superheroes! Every Californian can be a hero if they know and practice fire safety skills. Planning and practicing a safe escape is the key to getting out of a house fire or wildfire in time. Rebecca Havely offers these tips from…

BURN PERMITS SUSPENDED IN SRA LANDS

Calfire has announced the suspension of its burn permits and open burning effective 8 a.m. Monday, June 8. Calfire Chief Shane Littlefield said the suspension is ā€œdue to the extreme menace of destruction by fire to life, improved property, or…

COUNTY FIRE EXPLAINS RED FLAG WARNING

As Santa Ana winds and the possibility of wildfires loom on the horizon, your local San Bernardino County Fire Department has implemented some important programs to keep this county safe. Rebecca Havely has some quick reminders…

THIS IS WILDFIRE AWARENESS WEEK

This week is Wildfire Awareness Week. To create safer communities, the San Bernardino County Fire Department started a program called READY! SET! GO! that targets communities in high-risk wildfire-prone areas. Reporter Joshua King has more…