Amador County – The Amador Fire Safe Council invited the public to attend the next formational meeting of the Greater Pine Grove Community Wildfire Plan, set for Thursday, April 26.

The Amador Fire Safe Council announced the meeting this week, saying the public is encouraged and invited to the next “stakeholder meeting for the Greater Pine Grove Community Conservation Wildfire Protection Plan.”

Amador Fire Safe Council Executive Director Cathy Koos Breazeal said the Conservation Wildfire Plan “assesses the risk of wildfire in a particular community, incorporating fire history, population base, assets at risk, fire protection, evacuation routes, animal evacuation assistance, and a myriad of public services.” A map, available at AmadorFireSafe.org shows the area covered by the plan.

She said all Conservation Wildfire Plans are developed with input from community stakeholders, as well as state and local fire agencies. A “community stakeholder” is the public, and as residents and business owners in the area, they “have critical and vital input in the development of these plans.”

Koos Breazeal said stakeholders can say how they want to see wildland fire protection provided here, and what assets are important to them.

For an example of a Conservation Wildfire Plan, see AmadorFireSafe.org, listed under “Fire Plans.”

The meeting is 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at the Pine Grove Town Hall.

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