Coastal Wildfire Safety Updates
Speakers left to right. Linda C. McCabe, Host of the forum and Chair of The Sea Ranch Forum; Jason Warner, Chief of the South Coast Fire Protection District; Bonnie Plakos, Chief of the North Sonoma Coast Fire Protection District; Marshall Turbeville, Batallion Chief of Batallion 11 of the Sonoma Lake Napa Unit of CAL FIRE; Redwood Miller, Captain of CALFIRE The Sea Ranch Station; Jackie Gardener, Chair of the Fire Safety Task Force and longtime member of The Sea Ranch Fire Safe Council; and Susie Gilley, Safety and Security Manager of The Sea Ranch Association.
Photo by Barbara Schultz
Photo by Barbara Schultz
There were challenges using the high tech audio/visual equipment in the Del Mar Center. The software needed updating and this wasn't known until just before the meeting began. The first half of the meeting was done over Zoom and individual laptops, iPads, etc. This caused some audio feedback issues. Then at about halfway the audio/visual system was rebooted and started to work. So, that is why there are some audio glitches in the recording below. I am glad that this was recorded for posterity for there is a lot of good information presented at this forum. To make it easier for people to follow the information, I am including the slide decks for reference. I would also like to point out there are resources at the bottom of this page including the TSRA website for emergency preparedness, the Independent Coast Observer 2018 insert "Fire Ready Mendonoma" and source materials cited in the presentation. - Linda C. McCabe
Below was the slideshow used at the Forum held on Sunday, May 7, 2023 detailing the history of coastal fires, fire fighting, and fire risk mitigation in Mendonoma.
2023 Fire Season Outlook North Sonoma Coast
Below are the PowerPoint images that accompanied a presentation made by Marshall Turbeville on the 2023 Fire Season Outlook for the North Sonoma Coast.
| fire_safety_task_force_-_final_report_2008.docx |
| fire_ready_mendonoma_-_ico_supplement_2018.pdf |
| tsrcwpp-2019-update.pdf |
Links to the Sonoma County Multijuridictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2021 Volume 1, Volume 2 and the website for the recently approved update to the Sonoma County Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
The Sea Ranch Forum is not an official function of The Sea Ranch Association. It is organized by Sea Ranch members and is independent of the Board of Directors and staff.
