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Welcome

KINGSWOOD

Firewise

Community

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes

a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle

something, that quality of air that emanation from

old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a

weary spirit.

Robert Louis Stevenson

AgendaAgenda

�Introduction Paul Benner 5 min

�Prescott Fire Department Report Ted Ralston 20 min

o 2009 Kingswood Specific Assessment and Goals

oVegetation Management/Defensible Space

o Tree care

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�Wildland Fire Video Gary Roydson 15 min

�Evacuation Procedures Paul Beck 10 min

�Panel Discussion and Questions Chief Willis, Gary Roydson,

Ted Ralston, Daryl Anderson, Tony

Shaka 15 min

�Refreshments ENJOY!

Prescott Fire Department

�Our Community – the beauty and the risk

� Prescott Fire Department’s View and Role - our

community and our properties


� Individual Property Owner – our role in risk

mitigation

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Overview

• Explanation of 2009 assessment

• Criteria used

• Map

•• Creating and maintaining defensible space

• Resources


2009 Assessment

• October 2009

• PFD representative and Kingswood residents

• Conducted from the street

• 30 foot perimeter on open lots

• Continuity of fuel

• Dead vegetation

•street

• Improved and unimproved lots were assessed using 7 different criteria

• Grasses and weeds

• Ladder Fuels

• Wood piles/debris

• Branches overhanging structures


2009 Assessment

• Other considerations

– Structures adjacent to unimproved lots

– Structure density

– Topography– Topography

– Recommendations are based on 2006 Wildland

Urban Interface code which applies to new

construction

– Best attempts where made to locate lot lines


Hazard Area Map


What can be done?

• We can’t control/change:

– Weather patterns

– Topography

– Infrastructure– Infrastructure

• We can change:

– Building construction

– Vegetation in the fire environment


Definitions

Home Ignition Zone – An area surrounding the home, usually 100 to 200 feet. The vegetation in this area can determine the probabilty of home ignition

Defensible Space – An area within the home ignition zone that has had vegetation modified to minimize the effects of a wildfire on that structure


Home Ignition Zone…Treated


Defensible Space …The Zone Approach

• The area adjacent to the structure is broken down

into three zones, each with different modification

suggestions

• Zone 1 comprises 0 – 10 feet from the structure

• Zone 2 comprises 10 – 30 feet from the structure

• Zone 3 comprises 30 – 150 feet from structure


Zone 1 … 0 to 10 feet

• Remove ladder fuelsRemove ladder fuelsRemove ladder fuelsRemove ladder fuels

• Trim tree branches back from structures

• Break the continuity of the vegetation by

creating two foot wide paths around creating two foot wide paths around

vegetation

• Replace existing fire prone plants with a fire

wise alternative

• Remove any dead materials


Zone 2 … 10 to 30 feet


• Limb tree branches to at least 6 feet off the

ground

• Mow grasses to 4 inches in height• Mow grasses to 4 inches in height

• Maintain leaf litter to a depth of 1 inch

• Create vegetation islands by cutting pathways

around groupings at least twice the height of

the grouping


Zone 3 … 30 – 150 feet


• Remove any dead materials


Before


After


Four Years … No Maintenance


Other Considerations

• Clean your roof and gutters

• Store firewood at least 30 feet from house

• Make sure your address label is reflective and

visiblevisible

• Do not store combustibles under decks

• Place a spark arrester on chimneys


Maintenance

• Defensible space should be maintained at least

annually

• Seasonally is recommended

• Take photographs of the areas that you have • Take photographs of the areas that you have

treated

• When in doubt contact a Fire Prevention

Team member or the PFD for an assessment


Resources

• The internet ( search Firewise, Defensible

Space, U of A Extension Office, etc.)

• Free vegetation assessments

• Vegetation treatments if you qualify• Vegetation treatments if you qualify

• Chipping Service

• Contact Ted Ralston at the Prescott Fire

Department - 777-1700


Thank YouThank YouThank YouThank You


Wildland Fires

What does it look like?

How does it travel?


How does it travel?

How can the risk be lessened?

How can we prepare if it were to happen?

Evacuation Procedures

Everything you want to know about:

•What

• When


• When

• Who

• How


Evacuation Procedures

� Responsibility – Yavapai Sheriff’s Jeep Posse Coordinates

� Five zones within Kingswood managed by Posse

� Traffic Control, Security and Notifications

� Map of Evacuation Routes

Your Responsibility - Assemble Evacuation “Kit”


� Your Responsibility - Assemble Evacuation “Kit”

� Plan for at least three days

� Include emergency radio, blankets, flashlight, clothing, T/P,

cell phone and charger, water, money, credit cards, checkbooks,

sunglasses, etc.

Evacuation Procedures - 2

� Prepare to evacuate

� Pay attention to radio, TV, national weather station & Jeep Posse

� Hook-up garden hoses with nozzles

� Close all windows, lower shades and be ready to lock up

� Have ready 4 “P’s” – pills, pets, people, personal items


� Listen for Jeep Posse loud speaker or door-to-door announcements

� If help is needed for a disabled family member , notify Posse

� Know your evacuation route

� Prior to leaving property

� Tie a white towel or sheet to door knob or mail box visible from street

to indicate property is cleared of occupants

Evacuation Procedures - 3

� Evacuate NOW

�Watch/listen for Jeep Posse siren, loud speaker or door-to-

door order to leave

� Follow the marked evacuation route and Sheriff/Jeep Posse

directions. Do not deviate from route


directions. Do not deviate from route

� Report to designated evacuation center for registration

(names, address, cell phone number, interim location

� Re-enter when it’s SAFE

� Listen to radio/TV/Red Cross/Law enforcement/ Fire

department for clearance to return

Evacuation Routes


“Home” Work

Tree Health• Water• Thinning• Trimming


• Trimming


We’ve chosen to live along side of nature

with its beauty and its risk. Let’s do our

part to be worthy partners in its continuing

safety!


safety!

Hosted by your Kingswood FireWise Community team – Paul Benner, Margo Walter,

Joe Matt, Paul Beck, Tray Schreiber

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