The DSFSC is an extremely active all volunteer organization consisting of eleven elected members of the Board of Directors (who
serve two-year terms) and more than a dozen members-at-large from communities throughout the District. The current officers and directors
are:
Directors: Bob Frey
Sean
Coogan
Charlie
Service
Ron Gibson
Bill Pickens
Steve
Kerrin
Tom Francl
Our mailing address: Deer Springs Fire Safe Council
P.O. Box 460097
Escondido, CA 92046-0097
In cooperation with the County of San Diego, and the Deer Springs Fire Protection District, the
Council supports and promotes Firewise activities and constantly seeks avenues to educate local residents about fire safety and prevention.
Some accomplishments of the DSFSC in its brief existence have been:
- Conducted continuing education through the use of workshops
and seminars, instructional literature, and newspaper articles to highlight proven measures for fire prevention and safety.
- Obtained
a grant that provided for installation of twelve bilingual "Extreme Fire Danger Area" signs posted strategically throughout
the District that incorporate "red flags" during National Weather Service designated red flag warning days.
- Identified routes
for evacuation and mailed them to the residents of the District.
- Established and successfully tested an Emergency Communication System
(ECS) also referred to as Reverse 9-1-1, to rapidly provide subscribers in the District with the status of an emergency, of any nature,
via telephone.
- Coordinated a system of strategically placed resident observers, with dedicated communications, to help assess the
severity of a fire event and communicate this information via the ECS.
- Continued sponsorship and support of the Deer Springs Community
Emergency Response Team (CERT) whose members are trained to assist with basic emergency response skills. They would serve as an important
backup resource for the District in case of an emergency or wildfire.
- Vigorously campaigned for a ballot measure increasing assessments
to property owners in the District in order to provide a third fire station, additional firefighters and paramedics, and a fourth
fire engine. The measure passed, additional personnel have been added and a new fire station has been built.
- Obtained over $100,000
in Phase 1 grant monies to provide enhanced vegetation management for structure protection along the Moosa Canyon rim. Phase
2 funding is pending.
