2024-10-30T15:08:11-07:00 2024-06-30 John Hansen Accountant 1239 Despina Dr Ukiah CA 95482 990 2023-07-01 830395685 MENDOCINO COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL INC MEND 7074623662 PO BOX 263 UKIAH CA 95482 Scott Cratty Executive Director 7074623662 2024-10-30 1 1 John Hansen P02469662 7072722246 2024-10-30 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Scott Cratty PO Box 263 Ukiah CA 95482 3560660 0 X www.firesafemendocino.org X 2004 CA To inform, empower and mobilize county residents to survive and thrive in a wildfire-prone environment. 7 7 11 200 0 0 1194723 3424943 87275 126112 1704 9605 13806 0 1297508 3560660 54972 118792 0 0 414526 602197 0 0 26229 624972 2578732 1094470 3299721 203038 260939 852606 1749415 176214 812084 676392 937331 To inform, empower and mobilize county residents to survive and thrive in a wildfire-prone environment. 0 0 2869857 0 126112 FIRE FUELS REDUCTION: MCFSC manages grant-funded projects and programs to reduce fuel loads and improve wildfire mitigation in Mendocino County. Using both its own crew and subcontractors, including off-season local firefighters who perform defensible-space clearing in their own areas, this year MCFSC provided free defensible-space clearing at the homes of 159 income-qualified seniors and/or disabled residents, supplied 101 days of free chipping services for neighborhood-level defensible-space improvement (serving roughly 700 residences), conducted 54 free assessments for wildfire-preparedness, and deployed six new emergency water source tanks. MCFSC managed fuel-reduction projects to create safer ingress/egress and shaded fuel breaks in order to slow fires and provide responders safe workspaces, totaling 612 acres on locations including Dos Rios, Elkhorn and Pine Ridge Roads, plus much of Cherry Creek, Greenfield Ranch, Pine Mountain, and Ridgewood. MCFSC's crew partnered with Sherwood Firewise Communities to clear an additional 63.44 acres in Brooktrails. MCFSC also collaborated with numerous other local groups to sponsor or help draft other successful fuel reduction grants such as PG&E funded vegetation management grants for the Albion, Holmes Ranch, Leggett and Westport Fire Safe Councils and CAL FIRE grant applications by the Leggett Fire Protection District and Spy Rock Fire Safe Council. Thanks to a grant from PG&E, MCFSC also added a third Chipper to our fleet that will improve our ability to deliver community chipping services and work projects in future years. 333370 118792 0 EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS: MCFSC conducted outreach and education in support of wildfire preparedness and mitigation through convening and/or attending numerous community meetings, including 92 inter-agency coordination meetings, 47 local neighborhood Fire Safe Council meetings and 27 community events. MCFSC participated in radio interviews, issued print articles, and maintained a resource-rich website, blog and monthly newsletter. There are now over 1,550 subscribers to the newsletter, whose email version was opened 9,608 times this year. Our website has 8,867 users, and this year we recorded 45,471 Facebook hits, and 877 views of how-to videos on home-hardening and defensible-space clearing on the MCFSC YouTube channel. MCFSC provided $118,792 in Micro-Grants to local fire departments and Neighborhood Fire Safe Councils for small but key strategic local preparedness projects. MCFSC continued to partner with other agencies to plan and strategize for wildfire mitigation and preparedness projects. MCFSC hosts regular leadership meetings for its affiliated Neighborhood Fire Safe Councils, which grew last year to 73 countywide. MCFSC also implemented a new school outreach and education program in conjunction with the University of California Hopland Research and Extension Center to provide fire science and wildfire preparedness education to 5th grade through middle school ages. 268 students participated in the project's first year. MCFSC continues to roll out other innovative programs to help county residents learn to survive and thrive in our wildfire-prone environment such as piloting a Women's Chainsaw Workshop. MCFSC also created and distributed 676 reflective address-number signs. 0 0 0 3203227 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 0 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 CA X John Hansen 7072722246 PO BOX 263 UKIAH CA 95482 Scott Cratty Executive Director 45 0 X X 75000 0 0 Sue Carberry Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Mike Jones Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Charlie Kelly Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Nancy Armstrong-Frost President 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Lisa Bauer Treasurer 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Anna Garza Secretary 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Joe Zicherman Vice-President 2 0 X X 0 0 0 75000 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elk Ridge Landscaping 1831 D Ave McKinleyville CA 95519 Fire Fuels Reduction 332007 Family Tree Service Inc O Box 1325 Laytonville CA 95454 Fire Fuels Reduction 263685 Alex Christiansen PO Box 592 Ukiah CA 95482 Fire Fuels Reduction 115850 BK Property Management LLC PO Box 596 Redwood Valley CA 95470 Fire Fuels Reduction 102696 4 0 3750 0 0 3011072 410121 0 3424943 Fire Fuels Reduction Service 900099 126112 126112 0 0 0 0 0 0 126112 9605 0 0 9605 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3560660 126112 0 9605 X 118792 118792 0 0 0 0 0 0 82500 39600 34650 8250 0 0 0 0 443220 421192 8660 13368 0 0 0 0 32587 31613 650 324 43890 38494 3534 1862 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13260 0 13260 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2338731 2338731 0 0 6605 6605 0 0 2314 1389 694 231 5634 4338 1014 282 0 0 0 0 4662 4662 0 0 5911 4591 1320 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60278 60278 0 0 10788 9964 645 179 Supplies & Equipment 48398 48146 189 63 Training & Education 7162 5515 1647 0 Fuel & Oil 20645 20645 0 0 Maintenance 23694 23694 0 0 30650 24978 4002 1670 3299721 3203227 70265 26229 311125 436370 151512 465359 0 0 177213 604263 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7762 12413 387682 156672 204994 231010 0 0 0 0 0 852606 1749415 114696 456056 0 0 61518 356028 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 176214 812084 X 676392 937331 0 0 676392 937331 852606 1749415 260939 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 291956 660425 915491 1194723 3424943 6487538 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 291956 660425 915491 1194723 3424943 6487538 441535 6046003 5 7 127 1704 9605 11448 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3514 87275 126112 216901 6715887 0 0.90025 0.88201 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Fees from Fire Fuels Reduction Services RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 208743 77223 131520 0 178939 79449 99490 231010 1 Navarro Fire Sale Council PO Box 284 Navarro CA 95463 11041 0 Water Tanks & Fittings Comptche Volunteer Fire Department PO Box 164 Comptche CA 95427 943020003 501c3 10000 0 Radio Repeater Long Valley Fire Protection District PO Box 89 Laytonville CA 95454 680050454 Government 9000 0 Defensible Space Assessment Program Tierra Ranch Road Fire Safe Council PO Box 225 Yorkville CA 95494 8500 0 Fire Fuels Reduction Spy Rock Fire Safe Council PO Box 2109 Laytonville CA 95454 372042394 8500 0 Water Tanks Golden Rule Church Association Ridgewood Ranch Fire Safe Council 11725 Orchard Lane Willits CA 95490 853767634 501c3 8000 0 Fire Engine Redwood Coast Fire Protection District PO Box 245 Point Arena CA 95468 680404867 Government 8000 0 Drone Purchase and Training Fox Rock & Woodman Creek Fire Safe Council PO Box1568 Laytonville CA 95454 8000 0 Water Equipment Wildwood Fire Safe Council PO Box 1689 Laytonville CA 95484 7951 0 Water Tanks & Fittings Sonoma State University Yorkville Fire Safe Council 1801 East Cotati Ave Rohnert Park CA 95403 680338225 School 7535 0 Rx Burn Education Series Whale Gulch Fire Safe Council PO Box 12 Whitethorn CA 95589 942624987 501c3 6675 0 Signs & Firewise Certification Vista Del Lago Fire Safe Council 3780 King Ranch Rd Ukiah CA 95482 6000 0 Community Water Supplies Hopland Fire Protection District PO Box 463 Hopland CA 95449 680404867 Government 5997 0 Water Tanks & Fittings 8 5 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 MCFSC reviews and approves all purchases made by the grantees using grant funds. Grantees are required to submit a final report documenting the impact and benefits of the projects funded. A multimedia presentation is used to publicize the projects' results via the Council's website and newsletter. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 The organization solicits memberships from the community to obtain local support and increase awareness of its resources and services. Members have no voting rights nor other involvement in the governance of the organization. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Board of Directors receives a copy of the Form 990 prior to its regular meeting scheduled before the due date of the return. Directors review the Form with its preparer and make necessary inquiries before authorizing the Executive Director to sign and file the return. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Directors review the policy annually and sign a disclosure statement which includes a list of any affiliations which could potentially lead to a conflict of interest and an affirmation that they will not profit financially from any action taken as a board member. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization does not publish its governing documents, policies and information returns, but will disclose this information to the public upon request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Contract service for fire fuels reduction: $2,098,411 Other professional services: $240,320