 California is no stranger to disasters of all types, including record-breaking wildfires. After a wildfire comes through a community, Cal OES leads a coordinated effort between local, state, and federal partners to give residents the help they need to recover. The state offers a no-cost to the homeowner program to remove charred fire remnants. In partnership with CalRecycle and local officials, property owners can sign up for this two-step process known as the state's Consolidated Debris Removal Program. We have streamlined that timeframe and now, not years, but months, we're able to go in, clean your property and give you a clean property, a clean bill of health on your property, which allows that homeowner to rebuild. We're extremely efficient and it's very easy to sign up. And more importantly, there's no cost to the homeowner. In 2021, more than 600 property owners signed up for debris removal in El Dorado County. One of those was Jim Ellsworth, who lost his family cabin near Echo Summit. All, everybody here, the federal people, the state, the county, the inspectors, the crew that was working here were extremely respectful. And that was a big deal for us. First, crews remove household hazardous waste, such as paint, batteries, pesticides, and visible asbestos. Then, property owners can allow crews on their property to remove larger structural debris. After Jim signed a right of entry form, crews went to work. It was probably 10 times better than I thought it would be. The people that came in when the cleanup started, we were given a date. The coordination and communication was excellent with us. Crews also work on a site assessment, asbestos abatement, soil sampling, erosion control, and tree removal. When the guys came to clean up, we were told that you had to be real careful that they could dig way more out and do this and this. But when you can see, when they got done, I mean, it's pretty amazing work. Once the state signs off on the work, the properties go to the county for final approval to allow property owners to start rebuilding. Our team is dedicated to the mission. Our team happily deploys out for months, years to be in that county and that city to ensure everything is cleaned up on time properly and to allow that homeowner to rebuild. The journey to full recovery may be a long road, but Cal OES is there every step of the way to ensure property owners have the necessary resources to recover and rebuild. If there's another issue like this, not if, but when, and somebody has the option to do themselves or have the government clean it up, the way it worked out here, they'd be advised to do that. They'd be very fortunate. For Jim and his family, rebuilding begins with this single family memento that survived against insurmountable odds. We got this picnic table. I have no idea how the cabin burned here and it was like 20 feet between the cabin and that big Jeffrey pine over there, and this didn't burn. It was meant to be. For more information on the debris removal program and statewide recovery, visit our website news.caloes.ca.gov and follow us on all of our social media channels.