Firewise Assesments
What is FireWise?
The national Firewise Communities program is a multi-agency effort designed to reach beyond the fire service by involving homeowners, community leaders, planners, developers, and others in the effort to protect people, property, and natural resources from the risk of wildland fire - before a fire starts. The Firewise Communities approach emphasizes community responsibility for planning in the design of a safe community as well as effective emergency response, and individual responsibility for safer home construction and design, landscaping, and maintenance.
The national Firewise Communities program is intended to serve as a resource for fire departments and communities across the U.S. who are working toward a common goal: reduce loss of lives, property, and resources to wildland fire by building and maintaining communities in a way that is compatible with our natural surroundings.
Locally here at Highlands F.D., we want to encourage the public in taking a proactive approach to protecting your property from the threat of wildfire. The best way to do this is to have a FireWise Assessment performed for your property. This assessment would include a representative of HFD coming and surveying your property and making recommendations on what can be done to make the property safer from wildfire.
If you would like to schedule a FireWise Assessment, please call Shelby Erickson at 928-525-9138.
