PRESS RELEASE Erin Holland – Public Information Officer North Tahoe Fire – holland@ntfire.net 530-308-1158 Dollar Point Community Earns National Recognition for Wildfire Preparedness Tahoe City, Calif. May 18, 2020 – The hard work and dedication of homeowners in the Dollar Point Community was recognized by receiving the National Fire Protection Association’s designation as a Firewise […]
PRESS RELEASE Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team Contact: USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron 530-543-2815 Prescribed fire operations resume in the Tahoe Basin Lake Tahoe, Calif./Nev. – The Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team (TFFT) has resumed prescribed fire operations in the Tahoe Basin. California State Parks is currently conducting operations at Burton Creek State Park on […]
CAL FIRE News Release Amador- El Dorado Unit Contact: Diana Swart 530-683-5229 Residential Burn Permits Required May 1st Camino – Residential burn permits will be required beginning Friday, May 1st. These permits are available to the public FREE of charge, and allow for the burning of dry landscape vegetation (NOT household trash) that originates from […]
Contact: Tia Rancourt Public Education/Information Officer North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District 775-813-8106 trancourt@nltfpd.net OPEN PUBLIC BURNING CLOSING 4.21.2020 Effective Tuesday, April 21, 2020, the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District will be closing open public burning and will no longer issue burn permits for solid fuels (e.g., pine needles, slash piles, wood burning recreational […]
Pacific Southwest Region postpones new prescribed fire ignitions on national forest lands in California VALLEJO, Calif., March 20, 2020. – The USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region announced today that all new ignitions for prescribed fire have been postponed until further notice. Potential smoke impacts to the public are considered in all prescribed fire and […]