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MAST Mailing Fire Safety Packet
Includes Newsletter, DVD and Safety Guide
By Michael P. Neufeld
Thursday, July 3, 2008
San Bernardino, CA – Over the next few days, residents in the San Bernardino Mountains will receive an information packet about fire safety from the Mountain Area Safety Taskforce (MAST). The packet will contain a newsletter, fire-safety video and fire-safety guide.
NEWSLETTER
The latest edition of the MAST newsletter, "Lookout - Summer 2008," contains fire-safety tips, checklists and information for those who live, work and play in the San Bernardino County Mountains. Headlining the contents of the four-page circular is an article about a 2007 study confirming that creating defensible space saves property and lives. Also included in the newsletter are articles on Fire Safe Councils – what they do and how to get involved; Deer Lodge Park – a defensible space case study; evacuation tips; homeowner checklist; community buffer zones; contact information for public safety resources; and Southern California Edison's reimbursement program.
(Photo by Mountain Area Safety Taskforce.)
FIRE-SAFETY VIDEO
MAST created this 10-minute, fire-safety video (DVD), "Defensible Space: Safeguarding Your Home from Wildfire," to demonstrate how to create defensible space around homes and other buildings, as well as steps residents can take to make their homes and out-buildings fire resistant. The video may also be viewed on on-line on the MAST website in the San Bernardino County/Fire Prevention section.
FIRE-SAFETY GUIDE
MAST and the Arrowhead Communities Fire Safe Council produced a foldable fire-safety guide to help residents prepare for a disaster and potential evacuation. The small, four-by-six-inch Z-CARD is small enough to keep in a car or disaster supply kit. The Z-CARD unfolds into a large evacuation resource and includes evacuation route maps, a survival checklist, contact information for public safety resources and emergency alert radio stations.
ABOUT MOUNTAIN AREA SAFETY TASKFORCE
MAST is a coalition of local, state and federal government agencies, private companies and volunteer organizations in San Bernardino County that are concerned with public safety in the mountain areas of their respective jurisdictions. For more information about MAST, visit http://www.calmast.org.
