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Author(s): Vanessa Misciagna

Building a fire-resilient future with lessons of the past

Source(s): E. W. Scripps Company, WPTV TV/NewsChannel 5
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When wildfire strikes, it can do so ferociously, quickly and seemingly out of nowhere. "Fire is not new. Fire has been around for a long, long time," said Battalion Chief Paul Amundsen of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention Control.

Amundsen took Scripps News to see fire mitigation work in action at a public park in Evergreen, Colorado, which is about 30 minutes outside of Denver.

He believes measures like thinning trees and prescribed burns are helping to make up for decades of suppressing too much fire.

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Home hardening is the practice of building and maintaining homes with the goal of making them as firewise as possible—like building with less-flammable materials, cleaning gutters, getting rid of wood chips around the home, and thoughtful neighborhood planning.

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Hazards Wildfire
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