Kyle Reed, Fire Prevention Specialist

Conservation Today

This conversation with Kyle Reed is about how to keep safer during fire season. Kyle is the Fire Prevention Specialists at the Douglas Forest Protective Association. Kyle talks about the Firewise program for neighborhood groups, ways to better protect your home from a wildland fire, and how to keep track of the changing guidelines for your work as the fire season progresses. Below are links to more information that Kyle referred to:

www.firewise.org ... for your neighborhood group;

https://www.dfpa.net/ ... to keep track of fires in our area and times chainsaws or mowers are allowed;

https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/catalog/files/project/pdf/pnw590.pdf ... For a list of fire-resistant plants for your home;

https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Fire-causes-and-risks/Wildfire/Preparing-homes-for-wildfire ... How to prepare your home to resist wildland fire

https://www.facebook.com/DouglasForestProtectiveAssociation ... DFPA’s facebook page, with the latest fire information.

Our ending song is “Fire Of ’87” by Bruce Marsh from his album Siskiyou. This album is from 1993, and unfortunately, I can’t find a reference to where you can download his music. I found this album used, and all his music is great.