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Wildfire Awareness Event at Palomino Valley Station

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The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD), the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and Living With Fire are hosting a wildfire awareness event in Palomino Valley on Saturday, July 18th, at 10 a.m.

The Palomino Valley Fire Station can be found at 6015 Ironwood Rd. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet local volunteer firefighters as well TMFPD personnel. There will be activities for the kids, including the Ember House Game and Fire Safety House.

At 10 a.m., presentations will begin regarding local fire history and fire hazard, creating defensible space, making good landscape plan choices  and the threat posed by burning embers to homes during a wildfire.

A complete schedule of the day’s events  below:

9 to 10 a.m.  Open House

  • Informally visit with representatives from the Volunteer Fire Station, Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District and Living With Fire

10 to 10:05 Program Introduction

  • Ed Smith, Natural Resource Specialist
  • University of Nevada Cooperative Extension

10:05 to 10:15 Welcome Remark

  • Charles Moore, Fire Chief Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District
  • Ken McGuire, Station Manager
  • TMFPD Palomino Valley Volunteer Station

10:15 to 10:30 Fire Risk and History of the Palomino Area

  • Amy Ray, Fire Marshal
  • Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District

10:30 to 11:00 Creating Defensible Space

  • Ed Smith, Natural Resource Specialist
  • University of Nevada Cooperative Extension

11 to 11:15 Break

11:15 to 11:45 Be Ember Aware

  • Ed Smith, Natural Resource Specialist
  • University of Nevada Cooperative Extension

11:45 to Noon Questions

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