Welcome
What’s HOT at the Fire Safe Council:
- Wildland Fire Awareness Week is May 17-24 - limited funds are available for chapters to hold local educational and demonstration events. Click here to download the Chapter Leader “How To” planning guide!
- Do you have an event planned for your Chapter or in your county for Wildland Fire Awareness Week? Click here to check out the Nevada Fire Safe Council events calendar. If there’s not an event in your neighborhood, plan one or attend an event in another community. All events on our calendar are free and open to the public.
- Tahoe Basin Residents: Click here if you are interested in the NVFSC 5-Step Defensible Space Rebate Program.
NVFSC History.
In the spring of 1999, a broad coalition of concerned Nevadan’s endorsed the creation of an independent, membership organization focused on reducing the fire risk and increasing the survivability of at-risk communities. This endorsement and the organizational support that followed gave birth to the Nevada Fire Safe Council.
For the first two years the Council struggled and suffered financial starvation. In January 2002, following the passage of the National Fire Plan, the Nevada Fire Safe Council received its first sizable grant. These funds allowed the hiring of an executive director and provided support for education and fuel reduction in two high-risk communities.
Utilizing its combined expertise, resources and volunteer efforts of more than 4000 members in 86 chapters, the Fire Safe Council fulfills its mission to preserve natural and manmade resources throughout Nevada and the Lake Tahoe Basin by mobilizing all Nevadans to make their homes, neighborhoods and communities fire safe.
Our Mission
- To create an organization that serves as a bridge between fire services and public agencies, and communities threatened by wildfire.
- To focus the new organization’s activities on creating a network of local community support, and
- To provide assistance to threatened communities to 1. Improve resident’s understanding of the fire threat and accept personal responsibility for some level of community protection, 2. Identify and rate the risks and hazards, 3. Develop and prioritize mitigation projects, and 4. Procure funding assistance to implement mitigation measures.
