Fire Department Presentation to Poway City Council
Fire Chief Brian Mitchell
Fire History in
Poway
•1967 Fire - October 31,1967
•Began in Ramona/16 Homes/300 Poway HS Students used as firefighters •Cedar Fire – October 25, 2003
•Destroyed 53 residential homes, one business and burned 7,000 acres •Witch Creek Fire – October 21, 2007
•Destroyed 90 homes, 7,247 acres burned
Overview of Operational Resources
•All Hazard Fire Protection Agency
•3 Type I Fire Engines
•3 Type III Brush Engines
•Ladder Truck Company
•2 ALS Fire Rescue Ambulances
•1 Shift Battalion Chief
•3000 Gallon Water Tender
•ISO Class 1 Organization
•Replacement Vehicles on Order
Response
Preparation
Resource Deployment
Agreements with Partner Agencies
Staffing-Locally and Regionally
Coordinated Training
Evolving Technologies
Public
Education
•Disaster Preparedness Coordinator
•PNEC/Fire Safe Council
•Picnic with the Chief
•Emergency Survival Fair
•Large Animal Evacuation
•Open House
•National Night Out
•Social Media
Balanced Hazard Reduction Efforts
•Fire Department Consultations
•Defensible Space Program
•Weed Abatement
•Real Estate Transaction Inspections
•Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)
•Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map
•Regional Vegetation Management
Committee
•FireWise Community
•Hazardous Tree Mitigation Grant-FEMA
Resources
Poway.org/Wildfire
A Homeowner’s Guide to Defensible Space
PowayNEC.com
Insurance.ca.gov
Firewise.org
ReadyForWildfire.org