The dock safety webinar recently presented by officials from the Southern Marin Fire Protection District offered many helpful insights into how to survive a fire in or around the floating homes community. Emergency Services Chair Flo Hoylman opened the webinar by reporting that 97% of respondents to the recent FHA...
There’s still time to RSVP for the October 29 Zoom webinar on wildfire safety for floating homes. The webinar be broadcast at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday via Zoom. To join this webinar, RSVP by emailing Linda Sempliner, and you will be sent a Zoom link. The customized webinar is presented...
Working with FHA Emergency Services Chair Flo Hoylman, officials of the Southern Marin Fire Department are preparing a seminar to specifically address wildfire safety for floating homes. It will be held live, via Zoom, at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 29. It should not be missed, so be sure your...
Preliminary results from the recent FHA survey indicate that emergency preparedness is a top priority in our community. In response, Emergency Services Chair Flo Hoylman has arranged for a Zoom seminar which will specifically address wildfire safety issues for floating homes. The meeting, which will be held at 5:30 p.m....
The second “Living With Fire in Marin” webinar developed by FIRESafe MARIN deals with “Evacuation & Warnings—How To Survive a Wildfire.” If you didn’t see the original live presentation, you can view a recording of the session, complete with questions from the audience, on YouTube. Hosted by Rich Shortfall, Executive...
This year, the FHA invited members of Sausalito Village to join us for fire extinguisher recharge day on September 26. The result was a record crowd in the Waldo Point Harbor parking lot, as folks lined up—all masked and socially distanced—with fire extinguishers to be examined and refilled. FireMaster, aka...
The FHA is hosting a representative from Fire Master who will: Check if your fire extinguisher needs to be refilled ($0) Refill an existing refillable fire extinguisher ($20) Sell you a new refillable fire extinguisher ($50) Dispose of old non-refillable fire extinguishers ($0) When: Saturday, September 26, 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m....
HERE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED OR DECIDED AT THE SEPTEMBER 8 BOARD MEETING: Floating Times editor Larry Clinton introduced Aditi Iyer, who is the new proofreader for this publication. Treasurer Teddie Hathaway reported that the FHA’s liability insurance, including directors’ and officers’ liability, will cover any...
On Saturday, September 26, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., FireMaster will be in the parking lot near the Waldo Point park to refill fire extinguishers. It will cost $50 to buy a refillable extinguisher and $20 to have an existing extinguisher refilled. Each extinguisher should have a valve to...
Wildfires are bigger, burn longer, cause more damage, and kill more people than ever before. Marin is as susceptible as Sonoma County or other areas that have suffered large destructive fires. That’s the bad news. The good news is that a new Joint Powers Authority has been formed to undertake...