HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/4-11 Firewise Week
F ' PROCLAMATION
• The City of Asfiland faces an annual nsk ofw-ldfire that can impact homes,
businesses and'foresfand park lands
Thishigh•wildfire risk coincides with historical fires that have impacted Ashland and
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its surrounding'areas multiple times in recent history causing'home damage and home
' loss to wildfire throughout the City.` -
` • The City of Ashland recognizes that meaningful preparedness involves multiples
._§takeholders sharing responsibility for wildfire prevention and preparedness, and `
`endorses the Firewise Communities program to foster the participation and
65{ involvement oftiomeowners, corn inumty leaders, and others in the mission of .
wildfire preparedness.
• Home loss to.wildfires is not inevitable; and a series of simple and achievable steps
t .e every homeowrier can complete can make the difference in a home surviving 4 a
wildfire event.
• Because of the dense urban nature of Ashland's neighborhoods-at risk of wildfire,
Firewise Communities encourages neighbors; working with neighbors to achieve
meaningful and 'effective defensible space around homes
• - Firewise promotes fire-resistant landscaping and-construction niatenals, maintenance
of defensible space and community action and awareness..
• : The 2013 Firewise Week theme; "Protect, Your Home, Protect Your Community"
serves as a week of awareness for simple and effective actions that every resident of
Ashland can take,to help protect their owri homes and neighborhoods. from home loss
to wildfire .
• NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council and Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of Ashland, c
do hereby proclaim `the week of May 4-11, 2013 as
' FIREWISE VEEK
and May 5 2013, as
<FIREWISE CLEAN=UP DAY
and urge all citizens,to protect their homes and neighborhoods by making their homes
Firewise, and supporting the activities and events throughout the cit, c'u*ing this week.
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Dated this 16th dayyof April; 2013
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B bara Christensen, ity Recorder
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