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Ashland Firewise

The good news is, unlike floods, hurricanes or earthquakes, there are simple and often inexpensive ways to make homes safer from wildfire.  With a good understanding of wildfire hazards and mitigation strategies, community residents can effectively lower the wildfire risk and losses to their homes and neighborhoods.
Research around home destruction vs. home survival in wildfires point to embers (firebrands) and small flames with low intensity as the primary heat source that ignite homes from wildfires.  Embers are burning pieces of airborne wood and or vegetation that can be carried more than a mile through wind in front of the wildfire starting small spot fires on and around the home.  The wildfire often is totally disconnected from neighborhoods, but yet homes ignite and burn.
There are methods for homeowners to prepare their homes to withstand ember attacks and minimize the likelihood of flames or surface fire touching the home.  Experiments, models and post-fire studies have shown homes often ignite due to the condition of the home and everything immediately around it, up to 100 feet in most cases.  This is called the Home Ignition Zone.
Gary Marshall, Oregon’s NFPA Wildfire Field Rep will discuss with classroom participants on how homes and other structures ignite from wildfires, and how homeowners and firefighters can take some simple steps to reduce the risk of structure ignition when there is smoke on the horizon.
Class starts at 8:30am and goes until 2:30pm.  Lunch is included.  This is a FREE training so please sign up ASAP if you are interested.  Space is limited to 35 participants.

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