Forest Falls Welcome Center

Did you know that one of the first non-indigenous people to live where Loch Leven is now was a man with a crippled arm who owned a three-legged horse? True story. His name was John Skinner, but everyone called him "Uncle John."

Yeti sighting our backyard!

What: San Gorgonio SAR Recruiting Day! When: April 17 11am - 2pm Where: Yucaipa City Hall 34272 Yucaipa Blvd, Yucaipa, CA 92399. ... East Valley Mounted Posse will be there too! Stop by to fill out a Preliminary Application for either team, say hello and ask us questions about joining! Here is how to apply: - Meet the entry level requirements listed on the website https://wp.sbcounty.gov//volunteer-forc/search-and-rescue/ - Complete the preliminary application. Copies are available at https://wp.sbcounty.gov//volunteer-forc/search-and-rescue/. - Specify Yucaipa San Gorgonio SAR on the Preliminary Application then email the completed PDF to [email protected]. - Preliminary Applications will be available at Recruiting Day. -We will contact you with additional information to complete your application. Applicants must: - Live within 30 minute drive of Mill Creek Ranger Station, located at the corner of Highway 38 and Bryant Road. - Be available for two weekends per month for team and mentor training, plus attend monthly business meetings. - Be physically fit with the ability to carry 40 pound packs over long distances. - Commit to a minimum of 5 years of service. San Gorgonio SAR is not a hiking club. As a volunteer, you are expected to work hard, show dedication along with a willingness to learn and excel in new skills. #sarteam4 #volunteer #searchandrescue #sanbernardinomountains #sanbernardinonationalforest #sangorgonio #sangorgoniowilderness #optoutside #socalhiking #sangorgoniosar #socalhiker #sbsar #sbcsd #forestfalls #yucaipa #redlands #socal #nonprofit #angelusoaks

Final update: False Alarm no fire Engine 99 on scene has nothing showing. Will continue to investigate. Canceling all other incoming units. Reports of structure fire 41000 block Alder Drive in Forest Falls. Fire dept enroute.

Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for all of our frontline wildfire responders and for your help in always following fire safety rules. After all, #OnlyYou can prevent wildfires. #macysparade

If you're taking your Thanksgiving feast outdoors this year, remember, keep your wit around the pit! Always check to avoid dry conditions and surrounding flammable debris. Thank you for doing your part. Visit SmokeyBear.com for more fire safety tips.

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I can't wait to be back in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! Check me out at my first Parade appearance in 1966 - wildfire prevention never goes out of style. #OnlyYou #macysparade

The Bear Facts is a quarterly newsletter and a lot happens in between publications. So after having a number of people suggest different ways to have MORE Bear... Facts here is our experiment- THE BETWIXT AND BETWEEN! An on line mini/different version of the printed Bear Facts. In between publications we will run an on line separate Bear Facts. SO with Halloween coming up and each of our communities planning COVID guidelines approved events there will be much to talk to about and many great photographs. Take a picture of your Halloween fun, your favorite trick or treater, fun at the event or events you participate in - send that photo or photos with a few lines describing the photo to [email protected] in the subject line note it is for the betwixt and between. The submissions will be placed into the this on line version and when it is ready we will post a link to the Betwixt and you will be able to down load it, print it whatever. The next printed Bear Facts comes out December 1 and the Betwixt will be available the beginning of November. If this all works it will enable the Bear Facts to publish more submissions from all of you with more photos and catch up on things that get missed because the printed version is only quarterly.

so, you may have read other blogs on Friday 13th...but here's another one! we manage to go around the world almost with this piece

This #BringYourTeddyBearToWorkDay, bring your Smokey Bear gear to work or your next Zoom meeting so you are always reminded that #OnlyYou can prevent wildfires!

I just adopted this beauty today, and I get to pick her up tomorrow. She was named Tarzana because she was found in a tree right here in Forest Falls and rescue...d by one of the firemen during El Dorado. Devore Animal Shelter has not been contacted by her owners. I know how we miss our fur babies when they disappear, so want to put this up on our community Facebook page. If you are the owner or know who they might be, please have them contact me SOON. I got to hold her today, and I will definitely be attached within a week! See more

A few singed remains of a hymnal and the tatters of an I survived Apple Season shirt. @rileysatlosrios #losriosfire

SPOOKY SZN [via @katrina_short]

Was a beautiful full moon downtown.

Our Eerie Evening

Welcome to the Forest Falls Unwelcome Center 2020

Friday fire report for Forest Falls and Mountain Home Village... Active fire continued behind Wood Rd. and Forest Home yesterday and last night as crews contin...ue to engage as it backs down. High up above Slide Creek behind the firehouse, near Wilshire Peak there were also hot spots and torching throughout the night. The fire above VFD and HWY 38 picked up yesterday afternoon and made several runs, one to the SW face near the top of San Bernardino Peak, and the other jumping Hwy38 near Jenks Lake West in Barton Flats. On a sad note, a firefighter fatality was reported in the Barton Flats area last night. Details are unknown at this time pending notification of next of kin however at this mornings briefing the mood was understandably somber yet the goals of all remain strong with a continued emphasis on Safety. Power has been restored to MHV, a couple of areas of active fire remain high above the creek bed below the Thurman Flats Picnic Grounds and random smokes are seen on the Yucaipa Ridge side from most of the Village. Edison continues its planning to energize Forest Falls within the next few days using a huge generator that will require blocking the downhill lane on VFD near Marcy Rd. for possibly several weeks until the burned poles and wires between MHV and FF are replaced. Tom