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From yard maintenance to wildfire evacuation plans, here's what New York State DEC says can help keep your home safe during wildfire season.
As thousands of people fled from fires that tore through Los Angeles County this month, you may have wondered about the wildfire risk in your area. ... Arizona, Colorado and Nevada are also very ...
It considers properties at "major" risk if they're forecast to have at least a 6%-14% chance of being directly damaged by wildfire at least once over the next 30 years, or at "severe" risk if the ...
Landowners, with woodlands affected by wildfire, are encouraged to map out the area of damaged property to assess the burn intensity and determine methods for restoring the area. Recovering from high intense fires requires additional measures to prevent soil erosion such as spreading slashed limbs and straw over soil to reduce contact with rain ...
The 2012 Colorado forest fires broke the record for most destructive fire twice and led to declaration of a federal disaster area in June 2012. [5] The 2013 Colorado forest fires, fueled by high heat and winds [ 6 ] again broke the record for the most destructive and included what was the second largest fire (by area) in Colorado history until ...
Fire prevention is a function of many fire departments. The goal of fire prevention is to educate the public on the precautions that should be taken to prevent potentially harmful fires from occurring. It is a proactive method of preventing fire-based emergencies and reducing the damage caused by them. Fire prevention education can take the ...
The city is closing trails in the popular cottonwood forest so that city and state forestry crews can "treat stumps" of invasive trees to prevent wildfires. There are 11 trails in the forest ...
The 2020 Colorado wildfire season was a series of significant wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of Colorado as part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season. With a total of 665,454 acres (269,300 ha) burned, and the 3 largest fires in state history, it is Colorado's largest wildfire season on record.