Rural Home Fire Safety for Real Estate Professionals - One Day Course
ATTENTION—ALL REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS!
Educate yourself and your clients about living with wildfire!
The “Rural Home Fire Safety for Real Estate Professionals” course (DRE Sponsor No. 4440) will be offered to interested real estate professionals beginning in the spring of 2007. Students will receive 6 Consumer Service Continuing Education Units upon successful course completion.
This course has been developed by the Fire Safe Council of San Diego County, in partnership with the Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County. It gives participants an opportunity to learn about the reality of living with wildfire in California and what factors increase the fire danger to a home as well as what features make a structure more fire-resistant.
This course will prepare real estate professionals to assist clients in buying and selling homes that are located in fire safe areas and that have been built with fire safety considerations.
Topics of this course include:
- Concerns of living in rural and semi-rural areas
- Fire behavior
- Features of a fire-resistant home
- Proper homeowner response to wildfire
- General fire prevention for any home
- Preparing for fire in any home
- Information on fire departments and other resources.
Advance registration is required. If you would like more information about this course, please contact the Fire Safe Council of San Diego County at (619) 562-0096.
Learn About What's New:
ANNOUNCING:
Fire Safe Council of San Diego CountyVolunteer Awards Ceremony and Luncheon
Thursday, June 10, 2010
11:30 a.m.
Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino
Golf Center
1932 Wildcat Canyon Road
Lakeside, CA 92040
Nominations now open for Fire Safe Council of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Outstanding Project of the Year are attached
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOMINATE UNTIL: Friday, May 26, 2010
CLICK HERE FOR NOMINATION FORM
CLICK HERE FOR EVENT FLYER
CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION FORM
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE NO-COST CHIPPING SERVICES:
Chipping Services are limited to available grant funding. Current funding is expected to end soon. Therefore, no new requests are being accepted at this time, effective 3/1/2010.
All requests are processed on a ‘first-come, first ‘served” basis and are prioritized by contractors according to geographic area. Please call the RCD/FSC office to determine the status of your existing request.
If/when new funding is secured; we will post the information on our website: www.firesafesdcounty.org or you may contact our office for further information at 619-749-4232.
Report tree branches hanging over power lines to SDG&E at: 1-800-411-SDGE
Be prepared for the next wildfire: join a Fire Safe Council near you!