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
(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)
Grant Information
- Community Grant Packet
- Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants
(192Kb)Media
- See first hand how the Firewise program saved a home burning the Ham lake fire. - A Minnesota Bound presentation
- 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.)
- Short powerpoint presentations to gain an overview of Firewise including assessments, projects, planning, and grant opportunities.
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