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Wildfire Safety Tips from ERFPD

How to Prepare Your Home for Wildfires, Home Risk Assessments, and More
Posted on: December 28, 2020 - 8:19am
ERFPD

How to Prepare Your Home for Wildfires, Home Risk Assessments, and More

ERFPD - How to Prepare Your Home for Wildfires

Visit the FIRE PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY SAFETY page of the ERFPD website HERE.  

Personalized Home Fire Risk Assessments 
Eagle River Fire Protection District (ERFPD) believes that Home Fire Risk Assessments are an important part of our comprehensive program designed to reduce the risk to communities served by the District. This page will explain what a Home Fire Risk Assessment entails and how you can request a personalized Fire Risk Assessment for your property. 
During a Home Fire Risk Assessment, members of ERFPD will visit your home, at a time convenient for you, and carry out an inspection of the inside and/or the outside of your home. These free visits focus on identification and awareness of the potential fire risks specific to your home, as well as what you can do to reduce or prevent the occurrence of a fire or other emergency situation. 
Eagle River Fire offers two types of Risk Assessments: Structural and Home Ignition Zone (HIZ). A Structural Risk Assessment focuses on the interior of your home, including early warning systems such as smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, sprinkler systems, and building construction. A HIZ Risk Assessment focuses on the exterior of your home and the surrounding property, including creating defensible space and ensuring the exterior of your home is as fire resistant as possible. ERFPD does not charge to conduct either of these assessments. 
During your assessment, we will sit down and talk to you about fire safety issues associated with your home. With your permission, we will look at various areas in and around your home and provide recommendations for reducing the risk of fires and improving defensible space around your home. You are encouraged to ask questions as we go through the process, so that we can help you identify ways to improve your home’s safety. Once the assessment is complete, you will be provided with a summary report highlighting our recommendations. 
To schedule a Structural Home Fire Risk Assessment, contact Mick Woodworth, Fire Marshal, at (970) 736-5064 or mwoodworth@eagleriverfire.org. To schedule an HIZ Risk Assessment, contact Jeff Zechman, Wildland Mitigation Specialist, at (970) 471-2796 or jzechman@eagleriverfire.org.