GET FIREWISE, WEST VIRGINIA!
Protect Your Home From Wildfires With These Simple Tips
Do you live near the woods? If you do (like many of us in West Virginia), your house is at risk from damages or destruction by wildfires.
Here are a few simple tips to help reduce your risk:
* Remove dead leaves, pine needles, tree branches and combustible debris from around your home.
* Don't store firewood on or under porches or decks.
* Don't store machinery like four-wheelers, lawn mowers and weedeaters under decks or porches.
* Plant less-flammable trees and shrubs around your home, including flowering dogwood, Eastern redbud, azaleas and hydrangeas. To check out more shrubs and trees, click here
To find out other ways to protect your home from
wild land fire, check out these other resources:
Firewise Communities Web Site
For more information about Firewise West Virginia
RODGER OZBURN
FORESTRY SPECIALIST - FIRE
P.O. Box 40
Farmington, 26571
firewise.westvirginia@wv.gov
(304) 825-6983
(304) 282-1203 cell
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