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Members of Mountain Communities Fire Code Committee discussed fire abatement and enforcement during their first meeting. Riverside County Fire Chief John Hawkins (far left) established the committee. Other members, from his left, are Joe Lewis, Cal Fire, Battalion Chief Richard Gearhart, U.S. Forest Service, and Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz. With their backs to the camera are Edwina Scott, executive director of Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council and Sue Nash, an attorney and private citizen member of the committee. Photo by J P Crumrine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the recent Town Hall meeting of fire chiefs and at the last Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting, important questions were raised about local fire abatement, particularly of vacant properties.<\/p>\n

Cal Fire and Riverside County Fire Chief John Hawkins established a private-public committee to investigate and recommend improvements to facilitate fire abatement here.<\/p>\n

The Mountain Communities Fire Code Committee includes several local fire officials, a member of Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Jeff Stone\u2019s staff and two private citizens who held their first meeting Monday morning, Aug. 11.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is evident from the MCFSC meeting that we need to do something,\u201d Hawkins said at the meeting\u2019s start. \u201cWe need to make the community more fire safe and one of the things lacking is enforcement for vacant lots. We have to break the box and make changes. That\u2019s what the public wants.\u201d<\/p>\n

As one of the private citizens on the committee, Sue Nash stressed that private decisions may have consequences across property lines. \u201cI want to be sure my neighbor has to clear the threat to my property,\u201d she implored the group.<\/p>\n

The committee will look at previous efforts to enforce fire abatement on the Hill and the application of county ordinance 695, requiring abatement of hazardous vegetation that can be enforced by chiefs of local fire districts. Property owners are responsible for ensuring their property is safe.<\/p>\n

If the county must abate the property, the owner is responsible for those costs. If the owner does not pay these costs, the county has authority to place an assessment against the property and collect as it does property taxes.<\/p>\n

The committee\u2019s effort will take several months or more as it examines the issue and other legal authorities such as the state\u2019s Public Resource Code.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was pleased with the meeting and I think Chief Hawkins is determined that we will move forward quickly,\u201d wrote the other private citizen member of the committee, MCFSC Executive Director Edwina Scott.<\/p>\n

Other members of the committee include Ron Roberts from Stone\u2019s office, Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz, U.S. Forest Service Battalion Chief Richard Gearhart, and Cal Fire Battalion Chiefs Sean Dakin and Charlie DeHart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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