EVACUATION ROUTE CLEARING PROJECT
by Sandi Bush  

Work will begin soon to make the designated evacuation routes in Grizzly Flats safer to use during a fire emergency. 

The Request For Proposal (RFP) will soon be published by the El Dorado County Fire Safe Council, in order to receive contractor  bids on the project that will be paid for by the  $ 277,650 Federal Grant that the Grizzly Flats Fire Safe Council (GFFSC) received last year.  

Property owners along the evacuation routes (see map) will soon be receiving letters from the GFFSC requesting written permission to remove brush and prune trees along the road side.  A detailed Statement of Work is included in the mailing so that property owners will know what is being requested.  This work will be done at no cost to the property owners. 

Property owners can get a good idea of how their property should look after the work is completed by viewing the demonstration lot located at 10020 Grizzly Flat Road.  Look for the big white sign with red letters:  EVACUATION ROUTE DEMONSTRATION AREA. 

A second demonstration area has been completed on the corner of Sciaroni and Capps Crossing and is identified by the same sign. 

Our thanks to Norma and Dick Dawdy and Bob Kreig for allowing the use of their property for these demonstration areas and to volunteers from the GFFSC for doing the work. 

The goal of the GFFSC is to make Grizzly Flats a fire safe community by protecting lives and property.  This can only be accomplished with the help of the community!  We ask those property owners who receive the mailing to please return the signed agreement as soon as possible.