COBB, Calif. – The Cobb Area Council has announced its second springtime community wildfire preparedness event, Cobb Safe 2019, to be held on Saturday, April 13.
Local residents will be able to collaborate with neighbors on making the community safe over the coming year.
Cobb Safe will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cobb Mountain Elementary School multipurpose room.
Representatives from Cal Fire, South Lake Fire Safe Council, and other agencies will give updates to the public.
Some of these will include clearing Bottle Rock Road as a major evacuation route, the Firewise Communities certification process, Cal Fire LE-100 inspections and local homeowner grants for clearing around homes.
of particular interest will be information on the recently passed hazardous vegetation ordinance as well as the newly formed Lake County Joint Powers Risk Reduction Authority.
After learning about clearing and making properties safer from fire, the California Native Plant Society will speak about native firewise plants to beautify our community.
This year, lunch at Cobb Safe 2019 will again be complimentary, and several groups and agencies will be on hand to give away useful resources and take down registration for other assistance. Tree seedlings from the Lake County Resource Conservation District will be available. A raffle for prizes will be open to all attendees.
The Cobb Area Council is community based, community built, answering to the Cobb community.
When this community advisory council was originally formed by Cobb residents nearly three years ago, one of the highest priorities was to help build resilience in our neighborhoods and to prepare for any future emergencies.
"The Cobb Area Council has been working since the Valley Fire to build cooperation among Cobb Area residents, and these preparedness events are one way to celebrate and further develop our community spirit. Working and having fun together, we can reach for the next level of mutual aid and local self reliance,” said Eliot Hurwitz, chair of the Cobb Area Council.
The council is grateful for generous support from the Rebuild North Bay Foundation, Cal Fire, and the Seigler Springs Community Redevelopment Association for its support and guidance.
To view other event details and the itinerary, please visit www.cobbareacouncil.org or visit the Cobb Area Council Facebook page.
For information about the Firewise Communities program in the Cobb area, contactThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .