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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