Firewise in Minnesota

Firewise for communities

The Minnesota Firewise Project is working with local communities by passing federal Fire Plan funds through to local communities as grants for various "on-the-ground" activities including home owner, mitigation education, home site assessment, access improvement, and dry hydrants. It involves community groups including fire and emergency services, local schools, city staff (ie. foresters, planners), and local interest groups.

Community information

• Community Guide to Preparing and Implementing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan- AUGUST 2008 (3.09mb)
• How Firewise can work in your community
• Local community based approach (247kb)
• Firewise Community Specialist area contacts
• Dry hydrant advantages (235Kb)
• Preventing equipment fires
• Preparing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan
  
• Fire hazard assessment methodology (4.4mb)
• How do we create firewise communities? (166kb)
• Andover fuel mitigation activity (336kb)

Grant Information

• Community Grant Packet
  
  • .pdf (427Kb)
  • .doc (192Kb)
• Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants
  • Volunteer Fire Department assistance (262kb)
• Burn barrel that you use for burning trash

Media

• What is Firewise- A Minnesota Bound presentation
  • mpg
  • windows media
• Firewise logo (GIF format; Right-click on the link to download the file to your computer.)
• Shopper insert
• Hazard assessment (13 Mb Powerpoint show - large file. Use as a show online or right-click the link to download the show to your computer.)
• Public service announcements - Fire safety information - for printing in local paper, newsletters, etc.

Educators

Firewise Communities: Reducing the Risk of Wildfire

Audience: Grades 8-12
Description: Students analyze their community for wildfire prone property using aerial photos and geographic information system (GIS) software provided by the DNR. Students may also do ground assessments in high fire-risk areas and compile a community report. Find out more about this project