Attention all Los Angeles based Fire Artists
Town Hall Meeting
Where: Smash Labs, 1714 Albion St, Los Angeles , CA 90031
When: Wednesday, December 12, 2007. Doors open at 7pm, Meeting begins at 8pm
Who: All members of the Los Angeles Based Fire Arts Community
Why: During recent interactions with Los Angeles County and State Fire Marshals, we have learned that they are in the process of designing a set of safety standards and guidelines in an effort to standardize safety requirements within our industry. These safety guidelines are to be implemented in the first quarter of 2008.
We have the great fortune that our local county Fire Marshals have offered to allow us participate in the design of these standards. Organizations such as SAFFE and members of the Pyrotechnics community have offered to provide guidance or advice in the different methods of organizing our-selves and interfacing with regulatory and enforcement entities such as the Fire Department.
This Wednesday night, a Town Hall Meeting has been called to inform the community and discuss the formation an organization comprised of members representing the interests of the Los Angeles fire community. It is time for us all to come together, as a community, to openly create our own guidelines that address issues, such as safety, performance standards, etc. It is of the utmost importance that we collectively decide this before it is decidedfor us! In Addition, there is a new e-mail discussion list for fire artists and people who are interested in fire performance in the Los Angeles area.
This list can be joined by following this link: L.A. Fire Community Mailing List
Please join! This list is an opportunity for us to stay in touch as a community, and discuss a number of pressing issues that are affecting the Los Angeles fire community such as the upcoming implementation of safety regulations, standards,and restrictions governing our industry. The LA Fire mailing list will be a great place to: discuss issues affecting the fire community, share fire related tips and techniques, and communicate about fire events in the LA area.
Please spread the word by continuing to forward this to fire performers who are in Los Angeles, or who visit Los Angeles and perform with fire. If we fail in this initiative, then viewpoints such as “Poi is the most dangerous tool in your arsenal” or the potential banning of poi spinning in the direction of the audience may become a reality.
Troupes & Tool Manufacturers that have involvement in this initiative include: CuriousJosh, Fire by Trick Concepts, Fire Drums, Fire Groove, LAFX, Machina Candeo, Mutaytor, Phoenix Projekt, Pyrophernalia, Sirena Serpentina, Volcano Flux, and Twan’s List.
Directions:
SmashLabs1714 Albion Street (entrance is here - big red door with cut metal numbers, push down on the lever to enter). The “back” door is a big roll door in the last parking lot on the North side of Main just before the train tracks - look for the La Mano Press sign. If it’s full, there is an empty lot directly across the street on the South side of Main Street , or feel free to park on Main or Albion and come in the front. The main thing to remember is if you’ve gone over the tracks, you’ve passed Albion which is a TINY street and easy to miss.
Phone: 323-22S-MASH (323-227-6274) is the office phone if you get lost.
www.fire.trickconcepts.com
(310) 686-4820
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You are invited to participate. After a short condensed class here (at Shangri-La in Topanga Canyon), we’ll car-pool to Zuniga and hike in to the private land in the center of 
our multi-person shelter ‘club-house’ built by previous classes, also has a legal propane central fire. These are both great to sit around and talk, take pictures, and imagine tribal times and activities.
There are a number of small dry clean sandy caves in the area that are just the right size for one or two people to sleep in. I suggest you bring everything you normally would for camping out, and then if you want to improvise so you don’t need pieces of it, great. Otherwise, just getting out there in a comfortable sleeping bag is stretch enough for most people.
