August 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
August 6, 2026 @ 7:00 – 8:00 PM
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83850625925
AGENDA
- Announcements (15 minutes max)
- New officers vote
- El Sobrante Stroll booth 9/20/26—sign up at https://forms.gle/WL1xkW9NZKBJLEoa6
- RescapeCA’s professional landscaping certification in Firescaping—class 8/26-27/26, 9am-1:30pm; WCCFSC will send 3 Richmond Fire Inspectors (voted to approve in 2025).
- 2025 Tax filings complete
- California Fire Safe Council is running a four-part 2026 Fire Safe Virtual Expos, where they introduce vendors and fire safe products. Different vendors each week. Wednesdays 12-1pm, September 2, 9, 16, 23. You can sign up for individual expos or all four.
- (What else?)
- Michelle Rinehart (5 minutes) – quick update on ConFire, Measure X and other items
- Mark your calendars: Sat. Oct. 10th, Richmond Fire Department Open House (volunteers, please look for signup email!) – Dan Genova (5 minutes)
- Adoption of Final Evacuation Report – Rocky Sanders (10 minutes)
- Discuss Volunteer Coordination/Coordinator (role, tools, on-call list per interest/skill) – Soheila and others (10 minutes)
- Discuss: Should we send 2-3 people to NFPA’s Certified Wildfire Mitigation Specialist training? Of use for those who plan to volunteer with the county and Richmond Home Advisor programs. Maybe we should develop an in-house training program, beyond the needs of assessing homes and landscapes, for our home assessors. – Marilyn (5 minutes)
- Richmond Firewise Garden update and challenges – Marilyn Saarni & Suzanne Soshea (10 minutes)
- Interested in signing up to work in the garden? Enjoy beautiful rocks and plants? Don’t mind dirty hands, or maybe you prefer taking photos and video? Sign up to learn about upcoming work days, tasks and learning opportunities.
- If time – Website update – Marilyn and DC
- If time – Restarting discussions about governance, transparency and posting on our new website – Marilyn Saarni, Dan Genova, others
- Other (if time)