For information about this Council, please contact: Oscar Braun Half Moon Bay Coastside Foundation 1589 Higgins Canyon Road Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 oscar@saveourbay.org www.saveourbay.org Office: (650) 726-3307

• Read the SFPUC Survey Report
  
• Sustainable San Francisco Peninsula Indicators Report
  
• Fire Safe San Mateo County Final Report 2005
  
• San Mateo County Grand Jury Report 2006: Disaster Preparedness
  
• Hetch Hetchy Water & the Bay Area Economy
  
• Firealert Detection Systems by Firebreak Canada Corp.
  
• Read 9/11 ALERT S.F. Peninsula Watershed Security Plan
  
• Living with Fire on the San Francisco Peninsula
  
• Fire Safe Council: SF Peninsula Watershed Watch
  
• Are You Prepared? Make a Plan, Build a Kit, Get Involved
  
• San Mateo California Office of Emergency Services
  
• California Governors Office of Emergency Services
  
• US Department of Homeland Security
  

Mission Statement

San Francisco Peninsula Fire Safe Council
The Mission of the San Francisco Peninsula Fire Safe Council is to maintain the quality of life and property for the residents living in the wildland-urban intermix zones (WUI) and the San Francisco peninsula. Working together we can achieve effective fire protection, education and planning. The key elements of the Mission are to reduce hazardous vegetation, the creation of defensible space around structures, and the education of residents regarding fire hazards and fire behavior through the guidance of local community agencies and the deployment of the Firealert Detection Systems by Firebreak Canada Corp..

Half Moon Bay Coastside Foundation is organized under the California Non-profit Public Benefit Corporation Law for charitable purposes. We are dedicated to the advocacy of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and a coalition member of the Water Quality Protection Program that endeavors to preserve clean water, marine and watershed resources within its boundaries. The far reach of the Sanctuary borders extends from San Francisco Bay south all the way to Cambria in San Luis Obispo County. The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is a gift all of us can share. And all of us must work together to protect it. Our Coastside Posse invites you to participate in the Water Quality Protection Program. get involved... you can make a difference!

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Education on Wildfires.

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CTV News Special.

FireAlert & FireShield Demonstration
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Scott Murphy Interview
Wildfire Science Forester
Alberta Forest Protection Branch
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T. West Interview Fire Chief MD of Rocky View Fire Dept.
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CFJC TV News Special
Logan Lake, BC Demonstration
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The Age of Megafires 1. CBS 60 Minutes Video 12/30/2007. Global warming is increasing the intensity and number of forest fires across the American West, according to one of the world's leading fire ecologists. Scott Pelley reports.

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The Age of Megafires 2. CBS 60 Minutes Video 10/21/2007. Global warming is increasing the intensity and number of forest fires across the American West, according to one of the world's leading fire ecologists. Scott Pelley reports.

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Have Humans Made Fires Worse? CBS 60 Minutes Video 10/24/2007. Experts believe that firefighting efforts over the last century have actually made the problem worse, along with changes brought by a warming world. John Blackstone reports.