Tom McMackin
Short and sweet advice for this FireWise note:
Preparing for the the coming of Fall’s outdoor chores is the key for your foundation in planning for the 2024 wildfire season. The two most important focus points at this juncture are the pruning of evergreen trees on your property after the first good freeze event and planning for the end of the seasonal county-wide burn ban and the safe way you can utilize fire to reduce fuels under trees.
In conjunction with High Prairie Fire we will be working to have a presentation for the community that will address a variety of subjects related to living on High Prairie in the natural environments that make up this beautiful landscape. FireWise concepts will be one aspect of the presentation in the mix of subjects on safety considerations, actions that we each can employ to improve the defensibility of your home and how to be prepared for any situation that might cause you to need to evacuate High Prairie for some period of time. If there are particular subjects or questions you have that fit into matters related to living on High Prairie or being a member of our rural communities ~ Please feel free to send them in an email to firewise.onhighprairie@gmail.com
Please be safe enjoying our beautiful areas of the Gorge and all that it has to offer ! Prepare for potential emergency events, particularly wildland fire, because it is a natural part of this environment and only a matter of when not if a fire will visit these places !
FireWise on High Prairie Resources
Contact me, Tom McMackin, if you’d like more information on the ‘FireWise’ and ‘Ready, Set, Go!’ programs; if you have comments or suggestions; or if you would like to be more involved with the High Prairie FireWise effort. I can answer questions and get you connected with the resources we have available as a recognized FireWise Community. Contact me by email at firewise.onhighprairie@gmail.com or by phone message by calling 509-365-2786. Please, if you don’t receive a response from your email call me!
Online resources:
FireWise –
http://www.firewise.org or http://www.firewise.org/wildfire-preparedness/be-firewise/home-and-landscape.aspx
Ready, Set, Go! – http://www.wildlandfirersg.org or http://www.wildlandfirersg.org/Resident
Preparedness & Evacuation
https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/15855/Nevada-Couny-Evacuation-Guide—2015-PDF