RIVERSIDE (CNS) - The Board of Supervisors today authorized Riverside County Fire Chief Bill Weiser to utilize roughly $3.5 million in largely state funds for construction of a 22-mile fire break to protect Lake Elsinore and surrounding communities, as well as acquire a ``scenario trailer'' to teach children fire safety.
In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board signed off on the fire department's allocation of $3.28 million for the Elsinore Country Fuel Break Project, and $212,564 for procurement of the scenario trailer.
The Elsinore Country Fuel Break is a multi-phase project that entails establishing a line of clear space along the boundary of the Cleveland National Forest fronting the communities of Horsethief Canyon, Lake Elsinore, Lakeland Village, Trilogy, Temescal Canyon and Wildo
