Agency: Lakeside Fire Protection District

Description: The Lakeside Fire Protection District is seeking volunteers to help distribute BEFORE THE THREAT, a new and unparalleled program in wildfire education and preparedness.

The BEFORE THE THREAT campaign combines an old fashioned door-to- door outreach effort with high-tech packaging of life-saving information. The preparedness packages contain printed material and a DVD presentation of the wildfire dangers in San Diego County. Or residents can view the DVD on their home computers and download additional preparedness information.

On Distribution Days, scheduled for July 25 and August 1, volunteers will be trained and oriented to their tasks which include door-to-door canvassing of residents and one-to-one outreach on the program’s educational components. In joining this effort, volunteers will be taking part in an historic and countywide movement with special benefits and extensive media coverage.

Our current wildfire “high alert" demands unprecedented efforts in preparedness, report County fire officials. Drought, diseased or dying brush, and Santa Ana winds can combine to create the “perfect firestorm” throughout the County. The San Diego Fire Chiefs Association, the County Office of Emergency Services, and Farmers Insurance have therefore joined forces to launch this massive and unified wildfire prevention and preparedness effort: “Before The Threat 2009.”

Lakeside was struck in 2003 by one of the largest and most destructive incidents in California history: The Cedar Fire. If you can help this District's fire-fighters in their urgent need for volunteers, start today!

Volunteers will be supervised throughout the day; they will, however, need to provide their own transportation.

This project is approved for volunteers with the following restrictions: Allow Pending Members

Impact Areas: Disaster Relief Services, Citizen Action/Academy: Leadership Development, Disaster Relief Services

Interests: The interests recommended for this project are:
Types of Volunteering: Short-term / One-time Opportunities, Types of Volunteering: Group Opportunities, Issue Area: Civic Engagement, Issue Area: Disaster Prevention / Recovery / Relief

Skills: There are no skills specified for this project.