Cobb Safe 2019
Event Schedule and Program
Saturday, April 13, 2019
10:00-10:15 Registration and Orientation
David Leonard, Cobb Elementary Principal
Eliot Hurwitz, Cobb Area Council Chair
10:15-11:15 Safety and Preparedness Updates
Cal Fire: Mike Wink, Battalion Chief; Bruce Lang, Public Information Officer
Community firebreaks, Bottle Rock Road clearing, LE-100 inspections
County of Lake: Mary Jane Montana, County Fire Marshal
Joint Powers Risk Reduction Authority County Vegetation Abatement Ordinance
Community Preparedness:
South Lake Fire Safe Council – Louise Pagone, President
Cobb Firewise:
Cindy Leonard, CAC Secretary
SSCRA Homeowner Lot-Clearing Grant:
Magdalena Valderrama, SSCRA Director of Programs
The Future of the Cobb area
Jessica Pyska, CAC Representative
11:15-12:15 Safety and Preparedness Education
Out of the Heat: Ember Awareness, Evacuation
Cindy Leonard
Insurance and Wildfire
Patrick Lambert, Farmer’s Insurance
Gardening and Landscaping for Beauty and Safety:
Louise Pagone, UC Master Gardeners
Scott Parady, Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project
12:15-1:30 Lunch with Your Neighbors
Orientation: Cindy Leonard
- Meet your neighbors to start your way to becoming a Firewise Community or renewing your certification
– Determine priority hazards in your area
- Begin to discuss emergency routes and plans
- Identify elderly or handicapped neighbors and how best to alert them in an emergency
1:30-1:45 Raffle Drawing (must be present to claim your prize)
2:00-3:00 Neighborhood Group Reports
3:00 – 4:00 Free distributions, program registrations remain open
American Red Cross
Cal Fire
California Native Plants Society
Farmer’s Insurance
FEMA
Home hardening
Lake County Amateur Radio Society
Lake County Resource Conservation District
Pine Summit Pool (new community refuge area)
Seigler Springs Community Redevelopment Association
United Policyholders Association