Friday, October 17, 2008

Protect your home from the threat of wildfire

Blaine County Firewise to hold Living on the Edge workshop next week

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By JASON KAUFFMAN
Express Staff Writer

A public workshop meant to help homeowners living in wildfire-threatened areas reduce the threat to their properties will be held Thursday, Oct. 23.

Scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon at the Community Campus in Hailey, the Living on the Edge workshop is sponsored by Blaine County Firewise.

The Living on the Edge program is a community-education program developed in response to the increasing risk posed by wildfire to life and property in rural communities. Local residents who live and work in the wildland-urban interface need to understand the issues involved in living safely in these fire-prone areas, a brochure released by Blaine County Firewise states.

The wildland-urban interface is the area where homes or other buildings meet forest or other natural fuels.

Since 2004, Blaine County Firewise, led by Angie Grant-Kettleband, has been working to make sure local homes in the wildland urban interface are better prepared for the threat of wildfire.

The firewise program is primarily concerned with a home's defensible space. That is the area between a house and an oncoming wildfire where vegetation has been modified to reduce the wildfire threat and to provide an opportunity for firefighters to effectively defend the structure.

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For additional information or to register for the workshop, contact Angie Grant-Kettleband at (208) 309-2006. Information is also available at www.bcfirewise.com.