ridgewood park calif has issues - info from 2025 cwpp

Fire Camera Coverage • About half of the FSC area lies in a gap in the
coverage for wildfire ALERTCalifornia cameras. A camera at Two Rock,
an old mountaintop CAL FIRE lookout tower, would provide coverage from
Comptche in the South to Brooktrails in the northern portion of the
Ridgewood Park area, from the coast to the 101, closing this gap. The
Two Rock landowners are supportive, and ALERTCalifornia has had
engineers draw up plans and estimates, but funding is needed to
complete the installation. Emergency Communications • Most of the area
has spotty cell reception, some areas have no cell reception, and one
cell antenna outage would put the entire area in blackout. Funding is
needed to provide infrastructure for a handheld radio network, or for
a newer communications technology such as LoRa Mesh.

Fuels Management • Funding is needed for maintenance and expansion of
the recently completed fuels reduction along county roads and main
private roads. • Support is needed for training on proper ways to
safely burn piles, as well as on-site support for those wishing to
carry out prescribed burning to reduce fuel loads. • There is interest
in forming a grazing cooperative for the neighborhood.

Water • Since it was built in 1926, Walker Lake, at over 535,000
square feet, has been the largest water resource for helicopter and
fire truck drafting in the Ridgewood Park area. Due to changes in
state laws, the local community that has supported its maintenance has
been forced to divest and stop maintenance of the lake, and the lake's
future is uncertain. Should it become inaccessible to fire crews or
damaged in some way, the area would lose a critical part of its fire
infrastructure. • Fire water storage tanks are needed at key strategic
locations in the FSC area where the drive to Walker Lake or other
accessible water sources can be 20 minutes or more. • There are some
locations where a hydrant on a public road connected uphill to a
private water source could be installed, reducing time to access water
by 10 to 15 minutes.



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