Wildfire defensible space workshop offered
July 11, 2015
A workshop about creating wildfire defensible space around homes will be offered July
16 at the North Pole Fire Department.
The free public workshop will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. and is co-sponsored by the University
of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, the Alaska Division of Forestry
and the fire department.
Extension forester Glen Holt and North Pole fire Chief Buddy Lane will talk about
creating and maintaining a defensible space to help survive wildfire. They also will
show the best tools to use to create defensible space. The workshop will include a
short video, slides and a discussion.
The North Pole Fire Department is located at 110 Lewis Drive. For more information,
contact Carmen Kloepfer at 907-474-5854.