Learn how to lower your neighborhood's risk to wildfire

Join other South Lake Tahoe residents on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at the South Lake Tahoe Community College and learn how to keep your home and neighborhood safer in the event of a wildfire.

Firefighters and community safety personnel need the public to help protect their neighborhoods from catastrophic wildfire. They are holding the two-hour long seminar as a new effort to help those living in Lake Tahoe in protecting their homes.

At the meeting, representatives from Lake Valley Fire Protection District, the Tahoe Resource Conservation District and the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension to share information, answer questions and help those attending become a Fire Adapted Community Leader.

With our large second homeowner population, leaders can reach them as well as their neighbors and educate, plan and implement defensible space.

Snacks and beverages will be provided. Reserve your space by emailing Marybeth Donahoe at mdonahoe@tahoercd.org. The meeting will take place in the school's main building in room A208.