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RESPECTED FIREFIGHTER ORGANIZATIONS

Contact them about your concerns. Tell them about Chief Freeman of the Los Angeles County Fire Department and his unwillingness keep 500kV Transmission Lines away from firefighting resources such as Bouquet Canyon reservoir in Southern California. All he had to do was state for the record it would be safer for wildfire firefighting aircraft to not have the Towers and Lines placed where there are now none. The power company, Southern California Edison, and the California Public utilities Commission publicly stated the lines could be kept in their present location (where they've been for 70 years with no firefighting problems), with no increased costs to rate payers if the LA County Fire Department would simply state no Lines are better than Lines for firefighterssss. It's simply stating the obvious, and he refused.

Chief Freeman also refused to acknowledge the Final EIR/EIS Report which states that over 120 cabins, homes and ranches would be placed at a significant increased wildfire risk for which there would be no mitigation. Ground crews will not be allowed into the canyon to fight fires under certain conditions because of the overhead Towers and Lines. Fire fighting aircraft would be restricted as well. What are the politics involved that compell Cheif Freeman to sanction Towers and Lines down in a canyon and surrounding a reservoir, directly in the flight path of Super Scoopers? At risk are firefighters, residents, recreationists, structures and federally endangered National Forest species and habitat.

1 ) FIREFIGHTERS UNITED FOR SAFETY ETHICS AND ECOLOGY - FUSEE

http://www.fusee.org/

FUSEE - 2852 Willamette St.#125

Eugene, OR 97405

541.338.7671

info@fusee.org

2) INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS - IAFC

http://www.iafc.org

International Association of Fire Chiefs

4025 Fair Ridge Drive,

Suite 300

Fairfax, VA 22033-2868

Phone: 703.273.0911

Fax: 703.273.9363

3) WESTERN FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION - WFCA

http://www.wfca.com/

Business Office

Crosby Grindle, Project Manager

727 Center Street NE Ste. 300

Salem, OR 97301

Tel: (541) 948-3146

Fax: (541) 306-3775

Email: crosby@wfca.com

Samantha Simpson, Client Services Manager

727 Center Street NE Ste. 300

Salem, OR 97301

Tel: (800) 785-3473

Fax: (503) 365-7893

Email: sam@wfca.com

Teri Van Wagner, Client Services Manager

727 Center Street NE Ste. 300

Salem, OR 97301

Tel: (800) 785-3473

Fax: (503) 365-7893

Email: teri@wfca.com

4) NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION - NFFF

http://www.firehero.org/

nifc_comments@nifc.blm.gov

5) NATIONAL INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER

http://www.nifc.gov/

National Interagency Coordination Center

National Interagency Fire Center

3833 S. Development Ave., Boise, Idaho, 83705

Southern California Geographic Area Coordination Center

2524 Mulberry Street

Riverside, CA 92501

6) INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS
1750 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20006 • 202.737.8484 • 202.737.8418 (Fax)
Copyright © 2007 International Association of Fire Fighters. Last Modified: 8/7/2007

7) CDF FIREFIGHTERS
1731 J. Street, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95814-3022
916-609-8700
Fax 916-609-8711
http://www.cdffirefighters.org/

CDF FIREFIGHTERS - WHO WE ARE

In the middle of the 1960s a group of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection firefighters from throughout the state met in a hotel room in Sacramento, California.

The object of the meeting was to create an association that would advance the wages, benefits and conditions of their members. Angry at the unrelenting schedule, which often meant seven days a week for months on end, the firefighters decided to unite in an effort to establish reasonable hours and livable wages.

Almost 40 years later this proud organization is called CDF Firefighters.

CDF Firefighters answer the call more than 300,000 times a year, of which less than 2% are wildland fires. CDF Firefighters make up the fire department for 30 of our 58 counties and more than 100 local communities. We serve as the incident command during many of California’s most serious disasters, and from structural fires to auto accidents to earthquakes to floods to the spilling of hazardous materials to every conceivable disaster, we make up California’s Fire Department.

CDF is the largest fire department in California and the third largest fire department in the United States. Our firefighters protect 33 million acres of State Responsibility Area (SRA). However, from the Oregon border to the Otay Mountains in San Diego, CDF Firefighters are among the best-trained firefighters in the world. We have over 4,000 members within CDF Firefighters and we are also associated with the California Professional Firefighters (CPF) and the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF).

Ultimately, CDF Firefighters are responsible for fulfilling the mission of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to provide comprehensive fire protection and other related emergency services, including protection of life and property.

We are CDF Firefighters. We are California’s Fire Department.

8) CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS
http://www.cpf.org