{"id":230597,"date":"2018-10-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/trash-and-debris-removed-from-fire-prone-canyons\/"},"modified":"2018-10-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T07:00:00","slug":"trash-and-debris-removed-from-fire-prone-canyons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/trash-and-debris-removed-from-fire-prone-canyons\/","title":{"rendered":"Trash and debris removed from fire-prone canyons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Scott\u00a0Sherman | District 7 Dispatch<\/p>\n<p>With a goal of reducing the risk of wildfires in San Diego\u2019s most fire-prone areas, the city of San Diego has begun clearing trash and debris from canyons as part of Mayor Kevin Faulconer\u2019s \u201cClean SD\u201d initiative.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, the city has seen the number of fire incidents related to camping or cooking increase from nearly 150 in 2014 to almost 300 in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Clean SD initiative expanded to include canyons on Aug. 13 and already more than five tons of trash and waste has already been removed. Since November, crews have removed 158 tons from the river, and 168 tons from Downtown streets and sidewalks.<\/p>\n<p>District 7 has many communities where houses go right to the canyon edge. In fact, around 45,000 structures are along canyon edges throughout the city. This cleanup effort goes a long way to help mitigate fire risks and keep residents and firefighters safe.<\/p>\n<p>The 1,400 tons of debris include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>481 tires<\/li>\n<li>4595 mattresses and box springs<\/li>\n<li>1,577 shopping carts<\/li>\n<li>203 appliances<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, San Diego residents should take the time to ensure they have taken the proper precautions to protect their family and property.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3084\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missiontimescourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Sherman-twitter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3084 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/missiontimescourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Sherman-twitter-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Trash and debris removed from fire-prone canyons\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/300;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">scott sherman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For tips on how to prepare, please visit San Diego Fire-Rescue\u2019s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/sandiego.gov\/fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sandiego.gov\/fuego<\/a>. It is also important to remember that wildfire danger isn\u2019t just near canyonlands. In the 2007 fires, houses were burning when the fire-front was 89 minutes away. Flying embers have been known to travel over 5 miles from a wildfire.<\/p>\n<p>Together, we can ensure that our property and families are safe from wildfires.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014San Diego City Councilmember Scott Sherman represents the District 7 neighborhoods of Mission Valley, Grantville, Allied Gardens, Del Cerro and San Carlos.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Scott\u00a0Sherman | District 7 Dispatch With a goal of reducing the risk of wildfires in San Diego\u2019s most fire-prone areas, the city of San Diego has begun clearing trash and debris from canyons as part of Mayor Kevin Faulconer\u2019s \u201cClean SD\u201d initiative.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1017,"featured_media":223133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11558","_seopress_titles_title":"Trash and debris removed from fire-prone canyons","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11558,11551],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-mission-times-courier","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1017"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}