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Defensible Space: Your Home, Your Vegetation, Your Responsibility!
When it comes to wildfire, Nevada is confronted with a dire prediction: fires are forecast to burn more frequently and more intensely in the future. Last winter’s Washoe Drive and Caughlin fires and the recent Topaz Ranch Estates fire south … Continue reading
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Wildfire Preparedness One Step at a Time
The bad news is wildfires are predicted to burn more frequently and more intensely in the future. Last winter’s Caughlin Fire and the Hawken Fire in 2007 provided residents of Caughlin Ranch a glimpse of how uncontrollably a wildfire could … Continue reading
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Webinar Series on Developing Fire Adapted Communities in the Lake Tahoe Basin
What are Fire Adapted Communities? Fire Adapted Communities are neighborhoods located in a fire-prone area that require little assistance from firefighters during a wildfire. Residents of Fire Adapted Communities accept responsibility for living in a high fire-hazard area. They also … Continue reading
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Free Truckee Meadows Biomass Collection Sites!
Community Biomass Collection Sites are open and ready for collection of vegetative waste from residents throughout the Truckee Meadows this spring. Sponsored by the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District and Washoe County the four collection sites will allow residents to … Continue reading
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Washoe County Community Wildfire Protection Planning Project
In 2004 and 2005, 250 Nevada communities located in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), were assessed in terms of their wildfire risk and hazard. All the fire hazard assessments are available at LivingWithFire.info. Specifically, the reports: Assessed wildfire hazards present in … Continue reading
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