Residents Encouraged To Prepare For Wildfire Season

RESIDENTS ENCOURAGED TO PREPARE FOR WILDFIRE SEASON

The Scottsdale Fire Department encourages residents to prepare for upcoming warmer weather and wildfire season. Residents can help keep their neighborhood and the community safe by providing proper defensible space around homes and following the city’s wildfire prevention guidelines to ensure protection of Natural Area Open Space.

As part of the effort to prepare for wildfire season, the Scottsdale Fire
Department in partnership with the Central Arizona Wildland Response Team will conduct an interagency training exercise next Tuesday and Wednesday, March 24-25, in Maricopa County’s McDowell Mountain Regional Park.

More than 25 agencies will participate in various scenarios including
safety, fire tactics, structure protection, and air attack.  The drill will
not involve any active fire or burning in the park.  However, citizens in
the Fountain Hills, Rio Verde and McDowell Mountain Regional Park areas may notice water being dropped from aircraft, and the increased presence of fire engines and other apparatus.

For current fire restrictions go to www.azstatefire.org or call (877)
864-6985.

For additional safety tips visit www.ScottsdaleFD.com or call (480) 312-FIRE (3473).

To learn more about wildland fire dangers and preparedness, visit
www.firewise.org.

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