Leaders, academia and public entities will come together in Pomona this February at the 2009 Fire Summit to improve wildfire management for Southern California’s residents, communities and landscapes.
The Fire Summit will be on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, from 8am-4:00pm at the Headquarters of Air Quality Management District (AQMD), in Diamond Bar, CA.
The Fire Summit was developed by the Regional Area Safety Taskforce (RAST). RAST is a partnership of local, state and federal agencies working to facilitate regional collaborative fire shed planning and improvement for safe, sustainable communities in southern California.
Through the Fire Summit and other efforts, RAST advances efforts to improve interagency coordination. This includes activities to:
• Unify the actions and strategies of numerous entities to meet shared goals of healthy ecosystems and safe communities on a regional level.
• Improve communication and coordination among government and agencies at all levels.
• Identify strategies to leverage information and resources.
The 2011 Fire Summit will provide a venue for government, organizations and other experts to work together to improve wildfire coordination in southern California. Participants from other regions will have the opportunity to observe RAST’s one-of-a-kind model for multi-agency cooperation at all levels on a regional scale. With the Fire Summit, RAST also looks forward to hearing about and learning from the strategies developed for other areas.
More information and registration materials can be found online at: www.FireSummit.info.
Coordination for the 2011 Fire Summit is provided by the South Coast Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council. A number of local, state and federal partners actively participate in RAST and are contributing to development of this event:

South Coast Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council
United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFIRE)
Local Resource Conservation Districts
Fire Safe Councils