October 23, 2024 Newsletter

Pancake Breakfast

This Sunday, October 27th, is our annual pancake breakfast. We will be serving a traditional breakfast of pancakes, sausage and eggs, along with your choice of coffee or orange juice. Come visit your fire department, mingle with other community members and car enthusiasts, and enjoy a free breakfast. Donations appreciated! After breakfast, wander up the road to the Fall Colors Festival to admire the cars and shop the craft and food booths. A full schedule of Fall Colors events can be found on the visitgeyserville.com website.

Risk Reduction Efforts Continue

As we provided assistance to our neighbors in Lake County for the Glenhaven Fire, the Geyserville Fire Station remained staffed and our Fuels Crew continued to perform vegetation management as part of the District's risk reduction efforts. Did you know that over 50% of our employees' time is committed to preparedness, prevention, and risk reduction? While we maintain readiness for emergency response, we are also decreasing the possibility and severity of future emergencies.

Two individuals in high-visibility jackets marked "FUELS CREW" observe a smoke plume from a distant fire in a hilly landscape. — Fuels Crew at work with Glenhaven Fire burning in background

Red Flag "Upstaffing"

Last weekend, during the Red Flag Warning, we brought on extra firefighters to patrol Northern Sonoma County Fire Protection District. Conditions were dry and windy, and positioning additional resources in places like Franz Valley decreases our response time to those areas.

Smiling firefighter in pink shirt driving red fire engine. — Engineer Young at the intersection of Franz Valley School Rd and Franz Valley Rd during Red Flag Warning

Defensible Space

Our Fire Inspector, John Lilienthal, has been busy inspecting properties around the fire district, checking for clearance around homes. After inspecting this property, he wanted to share this photo as an example of adequate defensible space. Notice how the ground is clear of debris and low-hanging branches have been removed from the trees.

Adequate defensible space acts as a barrier to slow or halt the progress of fire on your property. Defensible space is the first line of defense for your home against wildfire. For more information about defensible space, visit the CAL FIRE Defensible Space website.

Sunny landscape with trees, shadows, rocky ground, and a small bridge. — Adequate Defensible Space

Vehicle Fire

September ended with a vehicle fire on the Canyon Rd off ramp. The vehicle was able to pull safely to the side of the highway and no one was hurt.

Firefighters extinguishing a smoking vehicle on a highway. — Captain Tovani and Firefighters Robertson and Mohar extinguish vehicle fire

A truck is on fire by the road, emitting black smoke; an excavator is on the trailer; people observe at a safe distance. — Vehicle Fire on Highway 101 in Geyserville

Website Accessibility Statement

Northern Sonoma County Fire Protection District (the "District") is committed to ensuring that its services are accessible to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, the District strives to provide an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1, AA, and commercial screen reading software. Features of the website are created to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Contact our compliance support team via telephone at: (888) 765-1970

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Coordinator

The District has designated a Compliance Coordinator for website disability-related accommodations. The Compliance Coordinator has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices and requirements.

Compliance Procedures

The District is working to ensure all website content complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and controlling State laws. In an ongoing effort to continually improve and remediate accessibility issues, the website is regularly scanned to ensure ongoing compliance, and timely changes are made to any inaccessible content if found.

Accessible Documents Policy

The District is committed to providing all documents hosted on the website in an accessible format or making accessible alternatives available.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests in a timely manner. If you need assistance or accommodations while accessing content on this website, please contact our Compliance Coordinator via the form below: