EARTH, WIND, FIRE & DISASTER MANAGEMENT VIDEO: Coachella Valley Community Associations Members Hear About Mountain, Silver Fires

More than 100 members of the Coachella Valley Chapter of Community Associations Institute attended a luncheon Friday to hear about "Earth, Wind, Fire and Disaster Management" from Idyllwild's fire chief, who focused on the devastating Mountain and Silver fires, at Palm Valley Country Club in Palm Desert.


Chief Patrick Reitz of Idyllwild Fire Protection District appeared Sept. 13 on a panel with Terry Huggins, a property field claims specialist with Precision Risk Management of Cypress, and Leonard Siegel, an attorney with the Sherman Oaks firm Kulik, Gottesman & Siegel.

There were about 140 CAI members in attendance, event coordinator Carol Fulton said.

The Coachella Valley Chapter of Community Associations Institute is part of an international non-profit organization dedicated to education and advocacy of common-interest developments.

The Community Associations Institute was formed in 1973 to distribute guidance on homeowner associations and shared facilities in condominiums, cluster housing, planned unit developments and open space communities, according to its website.

The Coachella Valley Chapter was founded in 1981 and currently has over 500 members, according to its website. For more info visit www.coachellavalleycai.org.

For more on the Mountain and Silver fires see the following links:

VIDEO: Silver Fire Survivors Recall Leaving as Flames Approached

Silver Fire Survivor on 243: 'It Would Be Nice if They Would Open it Up'

SILVER FIRE RECOVERY: In Devastated Poppet Flats, Neighbors Pull Together

VIDEO: As Silver Fire Advances Evacuee Says 'We Decided to Leave on Our Own'

Video, Pics: Silver Fire South of Banning

MOUNTAIN FIRE: Some Residents Stay, but Most of Idyllwild is 'Ghost Town'

VIDEO: Idyllwild Fire Chief Discusses Evacuations, Mountain Fire Threat

MOUNTAIN FIRE PHOTOS: Property Damage, Watershed Damage, Firefighters, Pilots

Cause of Mountain Fire Determined, Electrical Equipment to Blame

Cutline for photo that anchors this article link on Palm Desert Patch home page: Resident evacs driving south on Ellis Drive in Poppet Flats, Aug. 7, 2013. Banning-Beaumont Patch photo by Guy McCarthy.