During Fire Prevention Week, the district focuses on the 2020 theme, Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen. Cooking is the leading cause of home fires, and schools will receive educational materials remotely this year due to COVID-19.
The Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team offers fall checklists for yard cleanup and home fire safety, including clearing pine needles and dead vegetation, using free curbside chipping, and checking smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and heating equipment.
NV Energy cancelled the planned Public Safety Outage Management event for the Incline PSOM Zone scheduled for Friday, September 18, citing updated weather forecasts.
NV Energy warned that a Public Safety Outage Management event was likely Friday, Sept. 18 in the Incline PSOM Zone, affecting 8,783 customers for about eleven hours. A drive-thru resource center was planned at Diamond Peak Ski Resort.