Wildfire defensible space workshop offered
July 11, 2015
A workshop about creating wildfire defensible space around homes will be offered July
16 at the North Pole Fire Department.
The free public workshop will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. and is co-sponsored by the University
of ÐÓ°Épro Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, the ÐÓ°Épro Division of Forestry
and the fire department.
Extension forester Glen Holt and North Pole fire Chief Buddy Lane will talk about
creating and maintaining a defensible space to help survive wildfire. They also will
show the best tools to use to create defensible space. The workshop will include a
short video, slides and a discussion.
The North Pole Fire Department is located at 110 Lewis Drive. For more information,
contact Carmen Kloepfer at 907-474-5854.