The Lake County Fire Safe Council would like to express our sincere thanks to everyone who made Lake County’s second annual Wildfire Safety Expo a success. The expo was held on Saturday, April 30.
The support from our local fire protection districts was outstanding, and we’re deeply grateful for their participation and assistance. Having all the districts participate in the event is truly amazing.
Our thanks to Cal Fire, the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management for their strong support and help in making this event a true reflection of the way our fire protection agencies work together in Lake County.
The more I talk with other Fire Safe Councils throughout the state, the more I learn how fortunate we are in Lake County to see this kind of cooperation. The expo is a great example of the partnership between local, state, and federal fire protection agencies coming together to serve local citizens. It’s a wonderful demonstration of how all of us should work together.
We appreciate the time and effort all our fire agency partners gave in helping to organize this event, and for displaying fire fighting equipment from antiques to the present day. The demonstrations for both structure and wild land fire fighting techniques were very educational, and gave all of us a better prospective and more respect for the work they do.
When it comes to partnerships, we can’t say enough about working with Kelseyville Lumber. We’re grateful for the use of their facility, and value the assistance they gave from the planning phase, throughout the day of the event. The public appreciated the blue spruce seedlings donated by Kelseyville Lumber in recognition of our event. We look forward to working with them again, and are thankful for their generosity and belief in the Wildfire Safety Expo. Thanks also to Woody’s Café for offering specials and providing such wonderful service. As always, the food was great!
To the county of Lake, and the businesses and organizations that participated; thank you so much for helping our community be better prepared for this year’s fire season. We’ve already received many positive comments about the information, products, and services that were displayed at the Expo. We’re also grateful to the wonderful students from Lower Lake High School who assisted with the Kids Fire Safety House. You were great! The day wouldn’t have been complete without appearances by Sparky the Fire Dog and Smokey Bear. Thanks for being there.
Special thanks to all who donated prizes for the free drawings. When we asked for donations, we didn’t expect the kind of response you gave us. East Lake Resource Conservation District, Kelseyville Lumber Company, Ken Wells, Lake County Fire Safe Council, Lloyd and Marcia Wells, Mike Stone, Safer Building Solutions, Timberline Land Management, Ukiah Oxygen, U.S. Forest Service and West Lake Resource Conservation District – thanks so much to all of you. Prizes ranged from clothing and firefighter memorabilia to free chipping, weed mowing services, and landscaping tools. Your contributions and support is very much appreciated, and I know everyone enjoyed their prizes.
Congratulations to Maureen Calegari of Kelseyville Lumber for being the lucky winner of our Grand Prize, the talking Smokey Bear. Maureen immediately gave it to Paul Borghesani of Kelseyville Lumber for his 3-year-old daughter, Madeline. There were a lot of highlights to the day, and that was definitely one of them.
We’re especially grateful to the residents who took the time to visit the Wildfire Safety Expo. It was a very busy weekend, and we’re pleased you stopped by to learn what you could do to protect your homes and help our firefighters. As residents of Lake County, we know that fire season is not to be taken lightly.
To our firefighters; to the men and women from our local, state and federal fire protection agencies. Thanks to all of you for the job you do, and for your dedication and commitment to protecting communities not only during wildfire season, but all year long.
We sincerely hope that the Wildfire Safety Expo helped Lake County’s citizens learn more about what they need to do to help you do your jobs. Most important, we hope they learned what they can do to help keep you safe.
Linda Juntunen is coordinator for the Lake County Fire Safe Council.
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