Dakota Fire Systems Offers Gel Sprayer To Homeowners

Dakota Fire Systems, which has used gel-spraying trucks to protect many homes from wildfires, is now offering its gel-spraying systems to fire departments, government agencies and neighborhood associations

Dakota Fire Systems™ aiming its firefighting gel sprayer at wider market

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Colorado Springs Releases Wildfire Urban Interface Map

Colorado Springs has just released a Wildfire Urban Interface Map showing which neighborhoods are most at risk this fire season

Wildfire map: west side of Colorado Springs could be next

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Deschutes County Wildfire Community Preparedness Day May 3rd

A press release announced Deschutes County, Oregon's, upcoming Wildfire Community Preparedness Day event on May 3rd

May 3rd to be declared Wildfire Community Preparedness Day

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Minnesota Wildfire Prevention Week Kickoff

With the kickoff of Minnesota's Wildfire Prevention Week, Department of Natural Resources firefighters reminded property owners that many of the 1,200 wildfires they battle each year are human-caused

Preventing forest fires

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Nevada Wildfire Awareness Month Event In Carson City May 3rd

The Carson City Fire Department will conduct a Nevada Wildfire Awareness Month Kickoff event at Mills Park on May 3rd

Carson City Kicks Off Nevada Wildfire Awareness Month May 3

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Lake County Wildfire Safety Expo May 3rd

In California, Lake County Fire Safe Council and Lake County Fire Chiefs’ Association will sponsor the Fifth Annual Wildfire Safety Expo on May 3rd

Fifth annual Wildfire Safety Expo to be held May 3

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Wildfire Preparedness Meeting At Colorado Springs High School

A meeting this coming Thursday at Colorado Springs' Cheyenne Mountain High School will discuss ways homeowners can prepare for wildfires

Wildfire neighborhood meeting

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Minnesota Wildfire Prevention Week April 20-26

Minnesota's governor is declaring April 20-26 as Wildfire Prevention Week in order to increase homeowners' awareness of the wildfire hazard posed by outdoor burning

Wildfire Prevention Week raises awareness of outdoor fire hazards

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National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day May 3rd

With 342,000 homes in wilderness areas across Oregon, fire officials are urging homeowners to take part in National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day on May 3

ODF urges: Get a jump on wildfire season

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Lawrence County Firewise Program Protecting Community

A Wildland Urban Interface Specialist discussed how South Dakota's Lawrence County Firewise program goes about protecting the community from wildfires

Firewise program protects community from wildfires

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Experts Talk About Colorado Wildfire Preparedness

Two experts on wildfire prevention and preparedness discussed the essentials of wildfire ecology, mitigation and emergency planning at Colorado's Ridgway Ouray Community Council Talk

Wildfire Presentation Highlights Respect, Prevention, Preparedness

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Waldo Canyon Fire Lessons Fuel Firewise Programs

Colorado's 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire is providing important information on how homeowners can transform their neighborhoods into Fire Adapted Communities

Waldo Canyon Report Offers Roadmap on How Communities Can Reduce Wildfire Risks

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Wildfire Preparedness Meeting May 3rd

A wildfire risk reduction and wildfire preparedness event will be held at Montana's Nye Volunteer Fire Station on May 3rd

Wildfire preparedness event set for May 3 in Nye

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Australian Organization Shows Off Fire Retardant Plants

Toronto Sustainable Neighbourhood Group has planted a fire-retardant garden at the fire station to demonstrate plants that can help protect homes in New South Wales from bushfire embers

Plants to help stop fire spreading

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Flagstaff Residents Learn To Spot Wildfires Early

The Woods Watch wildfire-spotting program is set to kick off Friday in Flagstaff, Arizona

Training helps residents spot wildfire activity

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Summit County Joins Fire Adapted Communities

Fire Adapted Communities Network has welcomed Colorado's Summit County Wildfire Council into their membership

Summit County Wildfire Council joins Fire Adapted Communities Network

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Tips To Prepare For Southern California Wildfires

In a year that has already seen 900 wildfires statewide, Southern California homeowners were given some pointers on how to prepare for wildfires in a KPCC radio segment

Wildfires: 8 things you can do today to prepare for the season

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Australian Home Designed To Survive Bushfires

A custom home in Dural, New South Wales, is expected to last at least 30 minutes in the midst of a raging bushfire

Dural home so well designed it could withstand bushfires, zombie apocalypse

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Colorado Homeowners Urged To Become Firewise

Windsor Severance Fire Rescue's chief recommended that Colorado homeowners become Firewise during wildfire season

Fire chief urges for responsibility during wildfire season

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Protecting Payne County Homes From Wildfires

An editorial urges Payne County, Oklahoma, homeowners to clear defensible space around their homes as wildfire activity increases in the region

OUR VIEW: Protect your home from wildfires

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CAL FIRE Inspecting SRA Homes

CAL FIRE is conducting property inspections in State Responsibility Areas to ensure that homeowners have provided defensible space in the event of a wildfire

Firefighters Urge Homeowners to Keep Defensible Space to Prevent Wildfires

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Wildfire Protection Tips Offered By Chubb

Chubb Personal Insurance offered suggestions to help homeowners prepare for wildfires in the West

Chubb Encourages Homeowners to Prepare Early for Wildfires

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Arizona Homeowners Need To Create Defensible Space Around Homes

As part of Southwest Wildfire Awareness week, fire officials urged Arizona homeowners to create defensible space around their homes

Wildfire awareness week - are you prepared?

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Black Forest Neighborhoods To Be Evaluated For Wildfire Danger

Instead of doing individual home wildfire assessments ahead of fire season, Colorado's Black Forest Fire/Rescue Protection District will conduct neighborhood evaluations

A united front: Black Forest residents urged to view fire mitigation as civic duty

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Utah Division Of Forestry Shows How To Protect Your Home From Wildfires

In a video segment, Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands provides useful tips to homeowners on how to prepare their property for the wildfires of summer

Officials offer prevention tips ahead of wildfire season

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Colorado Homeowners Urged To Create Defensible Space

Colorado Springs Fire Department is urging homeowners to create defensible space around their homes to better protect them from wildfires

More home wildfire mitigation needed, firefighter says

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