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Fire Prevention

Wildfire prevention is about keeping fires from starting and spreading. It is an integral part of fire suppression, with elements ranging from public education to hazard reduction.

Wildfire prevention efforts include firewise construction (to reduce the risk that a home will catch fire), as well as community, landscape, and policy activities that will reduce the overall risk of wildfire occurrence and spread (fuel reduction, firewise landscaping, fire codes, etc.) and will increase the ability for firefighters to suppress a wildfire (fuel breaks, road access, etc.).

See the following for more information:

• Firewise - Annotated links to information about the Firewise initiative and the National Fire Plan, including Firewise workshops and Firewise Communities/USA.
• Fire Information - Annotated links to websites with national- and state-provided information.
• Fuels Reduction - One of the ways to reduce fire risk is to reduce the amount of fuel available to burn