Alaskan FireWise Team Seeking Applications for Job Openings

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SOLDOTNA, Alaska

The Kenai Peninsula FireWise Team is currently accepting applications for team members to work through September.  If you have strong public relations skills and an interest in wildland fire and risk management, contact FireWise Team Leader Meg Cicciarella at 907-394-6038.

For residents in areas south of Soldotna, the Fall FireWise Roadside Slash Pickup Program will load and haul slash from your property for free.  There are specific guidelines for piling the material; contact Sharon Roesch at 907-260-4260.

It's well known that wildland fire can spread across property lines. So to prepare for future wildfire threats, individuals across the Kenai Peninsula banded together to create Community Wildfire Protection Plans or CWPPs.  A CWPP outlines each area's wildfire risk and hazards, values to be protected, and an Action Plan to prioritize steps to improve the safety of the community. 

Because lives and property are the most important values at risk and those values are, for the most part, personal responsibility, a key component of community safety is preparations by landowners to FireWise their own private property. 

The FireWise Team and Slash Pickup Program were developed to help homeowners prioritize FireWise actions and remove hazard fuels.  Additionally, public land managers continue work to mitigate hazards on public lands that pose a fire threat to private properties.

Click HERE to view your Community Wildfire Protection Plan.

Information about FireWise techniques for Alaska is available from your local Alaska State Forestry web site or through your local Forestry office. Additional information is available and the Fire Wise Kenai Peninsula web site.


Author:Alaska Department of Natural Resources