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Firewise
Itasca
County Firewise News and Events:

- Local fire departments
have visited over 5500 homes in Itasca County to evaluate their
risk to succumbing to wildfire. The Itasca County
Community Wildfire Protection Plan group has helped develop a
map showing "hot spots", or high risk areas, in the county.
Click here to view this map.
- Become a Firewise
vendor:
Here's how
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Notice to Itasca County Residents: Please read this important
letter regarding firewise evaluations in your area.
Click Here.
- Local fire departments are
busy conducting evaluations in high priority fire areas in
Itasca County. Thank you for your cooperation during
evaluations.
- If your home has not
been evaluated or you do not know if it has, you can contact
your local fire department for a free evaluation.
Check out the following links for
more firewise information:
What is Firewise?
Local
Firewise Evaluation Checklist

Simple Firewise Checklist "watchouts!"

50 things you
can do to protect your home
Is your home protected from wildfire?

Anatomy
of a Firewise home

Interactive Home Fire Evaluation
Downloadable Home Evaluation Form

Tips for burning
debris
Other interesting fire related links:
Minnesota
Firewise Website
National Firewise Website
Current Minnesota wildfire locations
MN DNR
Wildfire Information Center
Minnesota Incident Command System
Itasca County Community Wildfire Protection Plan

For
information about the Firewise program please contact Bill Brink by
telephone at 218-360-1114 or by email at Bill.Brink@co.itasca.mn.us
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