LOOK FOR OUR NEXT DUMPATHON IN OCTOBER 2023
Funding for this project is made possible thanks to generous support from SDG&E and various Fire Foundation donors.
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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 has applied for a grant from the San Diego Regional Fire Foundation and the Fire Safe Council of Greater San Diego County. If awarded, this grant will help fund our Fall and Spring Dumpathons. Funding for this grant is made possible thanks to generous support from SDG&E and various Fire Foundation donors.
- Kensington & Lowe’s Team Up for New Firefighters’ BBQ Grill
Normal 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. - KFS Promotes a Fire-Free Earth Day!
KFS celebrated Earth Day at home passing fire hats out to kids and educating our neighbors about fire safety. - MetroView March-April 2023 Edition: Fire-ey Questions …from Your Neighbors
This coyote bush pigeon point was planted at the Elfin Forest Harmony Grove Fire Fire Department after the 1996 fire burned 100 homes. A beautiful demonstration garden nearby proves that fire-resistant greenery can attractive and water-wise. - Home Owner Insurance Presentation
Watch the insurance presentation by Scott Caraveo given on Februrary 11, 2023 at Clem’s Tap House. - KFS Awarded $8000 SAFE Grant for Dumpathon
We’re happy to announce we got a grant to fund our next two Dumpathons! - Memorial Day Parade 2022
We may have been the “smallest” entry in the Parade but we certainly were a wee hit! - 1/8″ Screens Placed in Vents and Eaves Can Protect Your Home from Flying Embers
Learn how to use mesh in the openings under tile roofs to block burning embers from getting in. - What to do if a neighbor doesn’t trim trees or brush that may be a fire hazardHere are our suggestions for working with neighbors to create a safer Kensington.
- Dumpathon – Feb. 17 – 24
Photos and recap of the February 2022 Dumpathon