Announcements
Board Meeting
July 27, 2022 at 2:00pm
Janet Mills' Home
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Upcoming Community Meetings at the Placerville Town Hall:
Saturday, August 27, 2022
Speaker: Alice Cantelow
Home Hardening/Plant Choices
Maia Davis - NRCS Information
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February 25, 2023
More information to follow
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Funds are limited!
https://www.edcfiresafe.org/chipper-program/
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El Dorado County Emergency Alert System
The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services alert and warning system provides a number of ways in which the county may contact the community in the event of an emergency such as evacuations due to wildfires, hazardous material spills, or urgent law enforcement operations.
The El Dorado County Office of Emergency Services partnered with CalOES to bring the El Dorado County Emergency Alerts notification service to residents and businesses by app, telephone, cell phone, text message, email, and social media when there is a threat to the health or safety of residents.
If you previously signed up for notifications through Code RED (El Dorado County's former alert system), you do not need to sign up again to continue receiving notifications. The information from CodeRED will migrate over to the new system. We do however encourage new registration as a better way to update your notification options. You may receive notifications from both El Dorado County Emergency Alerts and CodeRED during the transition period. However, we recommend that you go to https://www.smart911.com/smart911/ref/login.action?pa=edcgov and sign into El Dorado County Emergency Alerts to verify your information is correct. Your User ID should be your email address. If you forgot you User ID or need your password reset, click "Forgot User ID or Password".
If you do not want to receive emergency alerts you can be removed from the system by logging into your profile, Clicking Edit Account Settings and by selecting "REMOVE ACCOUNT".
You may wish to save the contact information for El Dorado County Emergency Alerts to avoid confusing it with a SPAM call or email. Telephone messaging will show a Caller ID of 530-621-7595. Emails will come from edcgov@getrave.com. Text messages will come from a six-digit short code that may vary, which cannot be saved.
Information for the transition can be located at
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Home Hardening Video - What is Defensible Space?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPlLXb_MHuo
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About Us
Texas Hill Estates is a public access community presently containing 104 buildable lots ranging in size from 2 acres to 10 acres. Currently there are approximately 98 completed homes, Texas Hill Estates is bordered on the north by Placerville Airport, on the south by Weber Creek, on the east by the Newtown Acres subdivision, and on the west by Cedar Ravine Road. Its exact boundaries are the same as those of the Texas Hill Road Zone of Benefit as registered with El Dorado County.
Specifically, the following roads are included in Texas Hill Estates Fire Safe Council Zone:
Donner Trail Nugget Lane
Eureka Court Miners Court
Fairover Court Promenade Lane
Fairover Drive Sara Lane
Family Court Star Gazer Lane
Gingham Court Texas Hill Road
Texas Hills Estates is located in the foothills of the northern Sierra Nevada mountains of California at the 2000 to 2500 foot elevation. The vegetation is a mix of fuel types that is rated by CAL FIRE as a Very High Severity Hazard. The steep terrain, composition, density, structure, and heavy fuel loading of the vegetation adjacent to and within Texas Hill include all of the elements for a catastrophic wildfire. We are fortunate to have five El Dorado County Fire Protection District stations within a less than 15 minute response of our area. However, we feel it necessary to take action to prevent a disastrous fire from developing in our community.
The Council has developed a Wildfire Evacuation and General Preparedness Plan should a wildfire occur near or in our area of the intensity that requires an evacuation.
Texas Hill Estates Fire Safe Council Board
Janet Mills - Acting Chair
Hugh Council - Vice Chair
Toni Dent - Treasurer
Debra Lee - Secretary
The Texas Hill Estates Fire Safe Council (THEFSC) is a Satellite council under the El Dorado County Fire Safe Council. We are a nonprofit organization, which is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and tax exempt under Section 23701(d) of the California Revenue and Taxation Code.
THEFSC
PO Box 816
Placerville, CA 95667
Mission Statement
The mission of the Texas Hill Estates Fire Safe Council is to increase wildfire preparedness and prevention efforts.
These efforts are designed to protect our residents, recognize evacuation plans, and reduce property damage by:
- Serving as a forum for the implementation of the measures outlined in the Community Wildland Protection Plan
- Sharing fire-safety information
- Assessing fire risk
- Promoting community life safety, fire-safe planning and coordination
- Supporting police and fire agencies and local fire safe councils