FIRE MITIGATION

Our dry climate and desert terrain make Nevada a prime candidate for wildfires. Knowing what to do before a wildfire hits close to home can mean the difference between close call and close to nothing left; home and homeless; life and death.

What to do before, during and after a wildfire:

Living with Fire - www.livingwithfire.info

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
To learn how to secure your home, your business and your property, and therefore averting many dangerous situations stemming from fire, click on the following link.

FEMA: Protect Your Property from Fire - www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/howto/index.shtm

General fire information:

Nevada Fire Safe Council - www.nvfsc.org

Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center - www.sierrafront.net

National Interagency Fire Center - www.nifc.gov/index.html

U.S. Forest Service - www.fs.fed.us/fire

Nevada Firefighters Association - www.nsfa.org/

Nevada Division of Forestry - www.forestry.nv.gov/

Western Great Basin Coordination Center - gacc.nifc.gov/wgbc/

U.S. Fire Administration for Kids - www.usfa.dhs.gov/kids/flash.shtm

Sparky the Fire Dog - www.sparky.org