Homeowners Benefit From Boulder County's Wildfire Partners Program

As part of Boulder County, Colorado's, Wildfire Partners program, homeowners will receive advice from wildfire mitigation experts on how best to prepare for wildfires

Boulder County inviting mountain residents to be Wildfire Partners

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Protecting Your Home Investment From Bushfires

The importance of adequate insurance to cover bushfire/wildfire losses is touched upon by an article from Australia

Losing your home to bushfire: How to protect yourself financially

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Homeowners In Fritch, Texas, Get Wildfire Protection Tips

In Texas, Fritch Fire Department has offered to advise property owners about how best to prepare for wildfires

Fritch prepares for dangerous wildfire season

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Wildfire Preparedness Kick-Off Event at the Ute Pass Cultural Center

Colorado homeowners have been invited to the Wildfire Preparedness Kick-Off Event at the Ute Pass Cultural Center next Saturday

Wildfire preparedness event Saturday in Woodland Park

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Over One Million Coloradan Homes In Danger From Wildfires

With the release of Colorado State Forest Service's 2013 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests, 1.1 million homeowners were warned that they need to do more fire planning and mitigation

Forest Health, Fire Mitigation Are Factors As Colo. Moves Deeper Into Wildlands

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Wildfires Cost Over $4 Million In Kansas Property Damage

Following the governor's Wildfire Awareness Week proclamation, Ford County, Kansas, officials reminded homeowners that 3,222 vegetation fires did $4,268,752 in property damage statewide in 2013

Brownback proclaims Wildfire Awareness Week

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Kittatas County Meeting Covers New Wildfire Building Codes

A public meeting in Ellensburg, Washington, went over Kittitas County's new wildland-urban interface building codes Wednesday night

Learn about wildfire building codes on Wednesday

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Arizonans Told To Prepare For Early Wildfire Season

Unseasonably warm, dry conditions coupled with the ongoing drought have elevated the wildfire danger across the state

Arizona drought, heat prompt wildfire warnings

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Kansas Governor Announces Wildfire Awareness Week

Homeowners are being urged to prepare for wildfires as the governor announced Wildfire Awareness Week

Kansas governor raising wildfire danger awareness

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Preparing For Wildfires In Oklahoma

As Oklahoma fire crews battled wildfires in Broken Arrow and Wagoner Counties, homeowners were provided with some useful tips on how to prepare for wildfires

When ash falls from the sky: Preparing for Oklahoma wildfires

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Check OK-FIRE Website For Wildfire Information

Firefighters in western Oklahoma are checking the OK-FIRE website regularly as dry conditions increase the wildfire danger

Firefighters train, prepare for possible wildfires in area

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Nebraska Forest Service Provides Wildfire Tips To Homeowners

Facing another active fire season like 2012, Nebraska Forest Service provided some tips to homeowners on how best to prepare

Increased danger of wildfires predicted for 2014

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Black Forest Residents Urged To Join Firewise

Following a 14,000-acre wildfire that destroyed 480 homes, residents of Black Forest, Colorado, are being urged to join with 980 Firewise Communities nationwide to prepare for future wildfires

Black Forest seeks 'spark plugs' to rouse Firewise

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Texans Learn How To Protect Homes From Wildfires

The Lakeway Firewise Committee provided some pointers on wildfire hazards to homeowners at a meeting last week in Austin, Texas

Lakeway residents get wise to wildfires

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Dodging Roadblocks to Battle Bushfires in Australia

An Australian discussed why he bypassed police roadblocks to help his son battle a bushfire in Willowmavin, Victoria

Dodging roadblocks to battle bushfires

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Civilians Fighting Bushfires A Bad Idea

The problem of unprepared civilians trying to battle bushfires received a scathing review from Victoria, Australia's, Fire Services Commissioner

Firefighting macho men are sometimes, well, stupid

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Wildfire Mitigation Efforts Aim To Protect Colorado Homes

A Q&A session with a former volunteer firefighter and a member of Firewise Communities/USA touches on the importance of mitigation to protect homes from wildfires

Wildfire experts share insight into Black Forest fire and importance of mitigation

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Homeowners In Monterey and San Benito Counties Warned To Prepare For Wildfires

CAL FIRE continues to keep fire stations in Monterey and San Benito counties fully staffed despite recent rains that have diminished homeowners' danger from wildfires

Burn ban lifted, but Cal Fire stays alert

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Victoria Pushes For Better Cell Phone Coverage Ahead Of Bushfires

Victoria, Australia's, Technology Minister will provide direction to the federal government on using its $100 million mobile black spot fund to equip the parts of the state most in danger from bushfires with cell phone coverage

Victoria to lobby Feds for mobile blackspot funding

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Homeowners In Victoria told to "Stop Making Excuses" When Protecting Home From Bushfires

Fire officials in Victoria, Australia, are ramping up their message to homeowners about preparing for bushfires with a simple phrase: "Stop Making Excuses"

Bushfire warning urges personal responsibility

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Our Attitudes About Wildfires Affect Our Response

An Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Idaho expounded on how our attitude about wildfires affects our response at the Malcom M. Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium

Speaker: Wildfires not a problem; it's our attitude about those fires

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Benefits Of Mastication In Protecting Homes In Grass Valley

An Op-Ed piece from Grass Valley, California, argues in favor of mastication of dense brush in Empire Mine State Park in order to protect homes from wildfires

Mastication greatly reduces forest fire danger

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Topanga Canyon Needs To Become Fire Adapted Community

An Op-Ed piece urges residents of the Southern California community of Topanga to become a Fire Adapted Community in order to survive wildfires during the ongoing drought

Part 2: The Hard Realities of Life in Paradise: Surviving a Wildfire!

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