FireWise in Akron Sept. 14

    Residents are encouraged to learn all they can about wildfire preparedness before a fire happens in their home or neighborhood. AFireWise program is scheduled Thursday, Sept. 14, at 10 a.m. at the public meeting room in the Washington County courthouse annex in Akron.
    The program will help attendees understand how to create a defensible space around their home, know what types of construction materials are more fire resistant and enhance their landscapes with a variety of plant materials which are more fire resistant.
    Matt Norville, Colorado State Community and Plains Forester for Northeast Colorado, will be presenting the program. He will share some of his own personal experiences from fighting some of Colorado’s major fires.
    He will teach techniques about how to give homes and property an added advantage in case of a wildfire.

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