May 18, 2012

Fire Chief Ben Sharit

Assistant Chief Mark Novak

A Shift Battalion - Chief Dave Hekhuis

B Shift Battalion - Chief Tim Allison

C Shift Battalion -  Chief Jim Hardison

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Compost Your Combustibles

Updated On: May 14, 2012 (13:44:00)

Compost Your Combustibles

Dates:            May 26-July 8, 2012

Location:       Heavenly Boulder Parking Lot

Time:              9:00am - 5:00pm

Natural vegetation only.  Material must be loose (no bags) and free of all contamination (no rocks or trash).  No commercial dumping. It is recommended that you bag your needles for easy transportation, empty the bags in the parking lot and take the bags home.

Following these restrictions helps to control costs and allows us to continue to provide this as FREE service.  The ever-popular vegetation drop off site is brought to our community by the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District in partnership with Heavenly Mountain Resort, South Tahoe Refuse, Tahoe Village Homeowners Association and F & B Inc.   For more information, please call 775.588.3591.

CERT Training

Updated On: May 07, 2012 (08:22:00)

Attached, please find information regarding the upcoming Community Emergency Response Team trainings being held throughout Douglas County. Please pass this information along to co-workers, family and friends who might be interested in personal preparedness in the event of an emergency, or to those who may want to give back to their community by becoming a member of the Douglas County Community Emergency Response Team.


Download: DC CERT Brochure.pdf, CERT Meeting Flyer.pdf
Open Burning Spring 2012

Updated On: Apr 26, 2012 (09:03:00)

 Residential open burning for the disposal of hazardous vegetation is open for the 2012 Spring Season April 15th to May 15th conditions permiting with a valid permit. Permits can be obtained at District Fire Stations.


Download: Burning Regulations.pdf
Curbside Chipping Program 2012

Updated On: Apr 26, 2012 (09:04:00)

Our curbside chipping program will resume May 23,2012.  You may request these services by email or by calling 775-588-3591.  Please see attached flier for more information.


Download: Chipping Program Information.pdf
Public Notice Fuels Program

Updated On: Apr 13, 2012 (19:01:00)
Request for Public Comment on Forest Fuels Reduction Project
Updated On: Apr 13, 2012 (16:33:00)

 

11/28/2011-The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District is in the environmental planning phase for two FEMA pre-disaster mitigation grants and is requesting public comment about the associated projects.  Public comment can be made by phone at (775) 588-3591, by email at jpickett@tahoefire.com or by standard mail at:
 
Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District
Attn:  Public Comment
P.O. Box 919
Zephyr Cove, NV 89448
 
The proposed project areas include hand thinning of suppressed, diseased and dying trees that are a fire hazard.  Brush will be cut into a mosaic pattern so that there are not continuous surface fuels.   All cut material will be pulled to the nearest road where it will be chipped or chipped in place. 
 
A detailed forestry prescription is available upon request.
Download:
TDFPD_FEMA_Glenbrook_Projects.pdf
TDFPD_FEMA_Kingsbury_Projects.pdf
 
 


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