Category: Firewise Posts

Your Firewise Team is working with FIRESafe Marin to alert you to new and existing fire safety regulations, upcoming free Chipper Days, grant opportunities, and much more.  Your Bayside Acres Firewise Team (BAFT)

The MWPA Chipper Day program is proud to announce that it will be offering additional Chipper Days to Marin County residents this fall.  The additional Chipper Days will begin on Monday, October 31st and run through the end of November. As always, reservations are required to participate and all the normal rules and guidelines apply.                                                   FAQS…

Bayside Acres held its first wildfire evacuation drill, followed by a Zoom debrief on July 23, 2022. The drill began with an AlertMarin notification to 400+ residents in our subdivision. A big thank you to both Woody Baker-Cohn, assistant emergency services manager and Hannah Tarling in the Office of Emergency Services in the Marin County…

7/21/22 Drill Starts at 10 AM this Saturday, July 23rdZoom Debrief follows at Noon (Zoom Login Here) Important Announcement: There will be an Alert Marin notification from the Marin Sheriff’s office to signal the start of our Wildfire Evacuation Drill on Saturday morning. Don’t panic. It’s a drill. This is a unique opportunity for all Bayside Acres…

Drill Starts at 10 AM this Saturday, July 23rd; Zoom Debrief follows at Noon Are You Ready Bayside Acres Neighbors? This is your chance to test your readiness and find out how long it will take you to pack your car with the items most important to you in the event of an Evacuation Order…

The second issue of the Bayside Acres Firewise Team’s Firewise News is hot off the press! Read it on the Firewise Newsletter page for all the details as well as access past newsletters. As in Issue #1, this newsletter is crammed with important and informative information about how to prepare for a wildfire and what…

Since “Practice Makes Perfect,” Bayside Acres Firewise Team (BAFT) has scheduled its first Wildfire Evacuation Drill for 10 am on July 23rd. BAFT is currently working with AlertMarin to send a practice alert to our Bayside Acres residents at 10am. Hopefully, we will be able to make that happen. Be sure you are signed up…

The Pt. San Pedro Road Coalition is hosting a Community Forum on Wildfire Prevention and Response on Saturday, July 16th from 10 AM to 11:30 AM at St. Luke Presbyterian Church, 10 Bayview Drive.  Members of San Rafael Fire Department Wildfire Mitigation Team will give a presentation. There is more information in the flyer below. Several wildfires have already occurred in San…

Your Bayside Acres Firewise Team conducted a community meeting to discuss wildfire evacuation planning and the upcoming (July 23 @ 10am) first Bayside Acres Evacuation Drill. The principal speaker was Quinn Gardner, Deputy Director San Rafael Emergency Evacuation. The video of this meeting can be viewed on the Bayside Acres YouTube Channel and the slide…

San Rafael Emergency Evacuation Manager Quinn Gardner will Answer Your Questions Dear Neighbors, If there is a fast approaching wildfire will you have enough time to evacuate when you receive an Alert Marin text? What should you do when you hear Marin County’s new Hi-Lo siren? How will you know whether to Shelter-in-Place or get…