cookiesinheaven

Labels: California, Fires, pilots, planes, Wildfires, Yosemite

arizona_fire_13, a photo by urbancn on Flickr.

all too well here in Santa Barbara.
Our thoughts go out to those in Arizona.

arizona_fire_21, a photo by urbancn on Flickr.

arizona_fire_15, a photo by urbancn on Flickr.

Labels: Arizona, fire, firefighters, Fires, Wildfires

Labels: firefighters, Fires, Santa Barbara, TV, YouTube

Santa Barbara Equine Evac invites you to support the equine community and individuals in need of their services in times of natural and other types of disasters involving horses and other large animals. Please join them at their 2nd Annual BBQ and Fundraiser on Saturday October 16, 2010 for an afternoon of fun, friends, good food, demonstrations, and entertainmentat at the Santa Barbara Carriage and Western Art Museum from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Santa Barbara Equine Assistance and Evacuation Team, Inc. is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, which assists all Santa Barbara County emergency responding agencies and large animal owners in the evacuation, temporary care and sheltering of large animals in time of fire, flood, earthquake and other disasters or accidents. Equine Evac also provides education and demonstrations for many local public events, agencies and organizations.

Support of this event will allow them to support individuals and animals in time of disaster and other needs, purchase equipment necessary for the rescue, and care of animals, and maintain the high standards of training of their volunteers in Santa Barbara County.

Santa Barbara Equine Assistance and Evacuation Team, Inc.
P.O. Box 60535 ~ Santa Barbara, CA 93160


Buckskin again
Originally uploaded by santa barbarian.

Labels: disaster, fire, Fires, fundraising, horses, Santa Barbara

The Jesusita Fire began it's rampage.

Labels: disaster, Fires, Jesusita, Santa Barbara, Wildfires

California's once-acclaimed mutual aid system among local fire departments, key to fighting the state's increasing number of massive brush fires, is being undercut by tight budgets, fire officials warned a legislative hearing Wednesday. - Latte Times

Labels: budget, California, firefighters, Fires

The Bay Area’s well-known, much-loved Soul Food Farm was devastated by a fire...

...It would be a terrible shame if the future of Soul Food Farm went up in smoke along with the beautiful grassy pastures in which these birds have pecked and foraged for worms for several years. I say this not only as Alexis’s and Eric’s friend and supporter of several years, but because they are a truly vital part of the still-nascent food chain for local, sustainably raised meat in the Bay Area. Even here, where people get up at dawn for the chance to pay $6 per pound for pastured chicken at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market before Marin Sun Farms sells out of them, getting a pastured chicken to your plate is a tricky business.

...To help get Soul Food Farm access to cash, whether for rebuilding the chicken houses and ordering enough replacement birds to meet their obligations to their existing customers or frankly whatever, with her reluctant permission I’ve set up a PayPal donation account in Alexis’s name, under the new email account firefund@soulfoodfarm.com. Please consider donating whatever you can spare via the PayPal button. You can also go to Paypal.com and send a donation directly via the preceding email address. [Update: Don't be alarmed if PayPal says the account is not yet verified; I need to get Alexis to fill in some details. Also, please note that those who dislike PayPal can also mail a check made out to Soul Food Farm to 6046 Pleasants Valley Rd., Vacaville, CA 95688.]

Labels: Bay Area, chicken, Donating, farming, Farms, Fires

Firefighters will need all the help they can get.

Station Fire - La Cañada / Flintridge
Originally uploaded by DisneyKrayzie

Labels: fire, firefighters, Fires, La Canada-Flintridge, La Crescenta, Station Fire

serving the La Crescenta / La Canada-Flintridge area.

The area is ablaze and the temple is located in the foothills just west of the major portion of the Station Fire burning uncontrolled in the San Gabriel mountains.

Say some prayers for the residents of the 210 corridor...it's not looking good.

Labels: 210, Fires, La Canada-Flintridge, La Crescenta, San Gabriel Mountains, Wildfires

again.

Labels: California, fire, firefighters, Fires, Santa Barbara, Wildfires

BC Canada is.

Labels: Canada, Europe, Fires, Mediterranean

Labels: Fires, Newspapers, Santa Barbara, tourist

admits to starting the Gap Fire.

Wonder how he's going to repay the State, County and the Feds for the $22 million + it cost to fight it.

Labels: arson, disaster, Fires, Gap Fire

Labels: firefighters, Fires

Wood ash is alkaline. The easiest way to make lye is putting wood ash in water. It has a pH of about 11, just a little lower than household ammonia so it is important to clean it up.

Labels: Fires, Santa Barbara, Wildfires, wood

Labels: fire, Fires, Music, YouTube

seems to have abandoned her namesake city. send prayers...and fireman.

Labels: Fires, Flickr, Santa Barbara, Wildfires

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared May 3 through 9 Wildfire Awareness Week, to remind Californians to be vigilant as the state approaches peak fire season and to highlight the importance of the homeowner's role in preparing their property ahead of time to survive a wildfire.

CAL FIRE will be conducting fire safety inspections throughout the state over the coming weeks to educate homeowners of the importance of wildfire safety and to ensure that homes have 100 feet of defensible space. - Ledger Dispatch

Labels: California, Fires, Governator, Jesusita, Wildfires

The job of roughly 900 firefighters was hampered by poor access to the fire area, officials said, as well as winds of up to 50 mph and thick brush that hadn’t burned in a half-century.

"We are in a state of extreme emergency,'' said David Sadecki, a spokesman for the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. "We're running very, very thin.'' - Latte Times

Labels: Fires, Santa Barbara, Wildfires

Labels: Fires, Santa Barbara