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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
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