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The more properties that are properly abated, the more fire safe we all are. Through its Site Evaluation Program and other projects, the Council helps improve awareness, knowledge and understanding about the need for every resident to abate his property according to the laws of Riverside County.

This ongoing two-way communication is a key component in ensuring the best possible results for meeting the needs of the community. One of the main goals of the Council is to create the best possible relationship between the community and the governmental fire agencies that serve this area.As part of the California Fire Safe Council which has more than 125 members, the Council has access to a wide range of proven and effective fire safe programs and resources that can be used in our community.Speaking with a united voice for the membership and the community, the Council – through its elected Board of Directors – can influence our governmental representatives to initiate and support important programs for fire safety.Serving as good stewards, leading by example with an interest in their safety and also the safety of neighbors.Obtaining grants and implementing fuel reduction programs to create buffer zones which will help keep a wildfire from entering the community and damaging structures.

Assisting government agencies in carrying out programs to benefit the community.

Educating community members on fire safe matters through public meetings and distribution of literature.

They donate many hours of their time to developing and implementing a variety of programs to help make their communities fire safe. Funded by grants and donations, the Council is a grass roots organization that is run by people who care about protecting their lives and their stake in the community. The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council, a nonprofit public benefit corporation, was formed by residents of the Hill communities in the summer of 2001. Knowledge of what needs to be done, backed up by assertive and consistent action, is the answer. What can we, the people of the mountain communities, do to prevent another fire from burning our homes to the ground? PLENTY! The Cranston Fire came to town in 2018 and homes and other structures were lost. Thankfully, winds at the last minute moved the blaze away from the community and it was contained. Residents of Idyllwild and Pine Cove know how close their homes came to being destroyed when the Bee Canyon fire came to the western edge of town in 1996.

If we are being realistic, it’s not a case of whether a wildfire is going to start – it’s when.

Lightning strikes, careless smokers, sparks from a machine, and other natural and human factors can cause a fire. Along with the thousands of people who visit the mountain communities on weekends and on vacation, we all have a major responsibility to prevent a wildfire from taking its toll. During a large part of the year, the forest and brush that surrounds you has the potential to become a raging inferno that can wipe out your home, including all businesses and structures in your community. If you are a resident of a community in the San Bernardino National Forest, you know that you and your family live under the constant threat of fire.