Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reappoints Board of Forestry and Fire Protection members

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reappoints Board of Forestry and Fire Protection members

James Ostrowski, 52, of Mount Shasta, has been reappointed to the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. He has served on the board since 2005. Ostrowski has served as timberland manager for Timber Products Company since 1994. Previously, he was Mount Shasta’s district manager from 1988 to 1994 and a logging engineer for Sierra Pacific Industries from 1983 to 1988. Ostrowski is a member of the Council on Forest Engineering, California Licensed Foresters Association and Society of American Foresters. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Ostrowski is a Republican.

Bruce Saito, 57, of Long Beach, has been reappointed to the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. He has served on the board since 2005. Saito has served as executive director of the Los Angeles Conservation Corps since 1995. Previously, he served as the deputy director of the Corps from 1985 to 1995 and, prior to that, as program manager for the California Conservation Corps from 1976 to 1986. Saito is a member of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Committee, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust Board and the Los Angeles Gardening Council and Youth Service California. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Saito is a Democrat.

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How fires get their names

Every year in California thousands of wildfires start throughout the state. In most cases, the dispatch center sending the initial resources to a wildland fire will designate a name for the fire, but the first on scene engine or fire official can also name the incident. Fires are usually named for the area in which they start – a geographical location, local landmark, street, lake, mountain, peak, etc. Quickly naming the fire provides responding fire resources with an additional locater, and allows fire officials to track and prioritize incidents by name. For example during the Southern California Fire Siege of 2003, the largest wildland fire in California history, the Cedar Fire in San Diego County, was named after the Cedar Creek Falls area where it started. The destructive Old Fire, which burned during the same time period in San Bernardino County, was named after the road along which it started - Old Waterman Canyon Road.

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Thursday, March 12, 2009