DUMPATHON COMING NOVEMBER, 2024
Funding for this project is made possible thanks to generous support from SDG&E and various Fire Foundation donors. EDCO also donates dumpsters for this event.
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We all remember the terrifying brush fire that raged in Fairmont Canyon on October 15, 2019. It presumably started in a homeless encampment somewhere off Aldine. If the winds had been blowing west, not east, our Kensington canyons and potentially our homes would have been in peril. That’s why Kensington community members take fire safety seriously. It could happen any time.
Kensington Fire Safe is a community organization under the umbrella Fire Safe Council San Diego County. We are an IRS approved 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Our mission is to educate Kensington neighbors about fire safety and encourage each other to make our homes fire safe through brush clearing and fire-resistant landscaping.
Kensington Fire Safe is a grateful recipient of a grant from SDG&E and the San Diego Regional Fire Foundation. This grant will fund our fall and spring Dumpathons. EDCO also donates dumpsters for these events. Thank you!
- When Is the City Going to Trim Our Overgrown Canyons?Just who is responsible for maintaining the brush in Fairmont Canyon? When will this fire risk be mitigated?
- Free Home Assessment Program!Prepare your home and property for wildfire! The Fire Safe Council of San Diego County is now offering FREE home ignition zone and defensible space assessments!
- Kensington Helps Fire Up Firefighters’ Holiday!The Kensington Fire Safe community gave the Fire Station 18 firefighters a generous gift card to Iowa Meat Farms so they can enjoy a high quality cookout at the station on their fancy, pro-grade grill.
- Is Adding Housing Density Near Our Canyons Insane?“Fire-ey Questions …from Your Neighbors” article in the November 2023 edition of the MetroView.
- Celebrating the Fall 2023 DumpathonWe provide the dumpsters. You provide the canyon and yard trimmings. We haul away over 15 tons of potentially flammable green waste making Kensington safer from wildfire. Then, we celebrate!
- Are qualified home-hardening inspectors a rare breed?“Fire-ey Questions …from Your Neighbors” article in the September 2023 edition of the MetroView.
- The Making of a SwaleFollow Judy’s journey as she builds a small swale in Kensington.
- Eucalyptus: Garden Friend or Fire Foe?“Fire-ey Questions …from Your Neighbors” article in the July 2023 edition of the MetroView.
- Kensington & Lowe’s Team Up for New Firefighters’ BBQ GrillNormal Heights Fire Station 18’s rusted old barbecue pit won’t be lighting up anymore, thanks to the efforts of Kensington Fire Safe and Mission Valley Lowe’s.