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Keeping Safe During Fire Season Get Ready for Wildfire Season 1. Prepare your property and home to be fire safe and create a defensible space against wildfire Keep all grasses and weeds cut short. Trim lower branches of trees to remove ladder fuels. Eradicate berry vines. Buck Brush and Scotch Broom. Trim back trees that overhang the house and other structures. Keep gutters and roofs clean. Remove all piles of cuttings, leaves, etc. before fire season. Obey all fire restrictions 2. Sign up for Jackson County Citizen Alerts at www iacksoncoutity.org/alert 3. Prepare a kit of necessities for an emergency evacuation that you can just grab and put in car. Discuss with family how you will meet up and where you will go. During Fire Season 1. Be extremely careful with fireworks on the 4lh of July. Use only fireworks that are legal in Oregon, stage them in an area without lots of fuel around, e.g., driveway or road. Have hose or other water source close by. 2. Be aware of the progress of wild fires around you. Following are some resources available for daily fire updates: Inciweb: https://inciweb nwcg.gov ; Jackson County Sheriffs Department Twitter: @JCSO_Oregon ; Rogue River-Siskiyou NF gives daily updates and links via Twitter: @RRSNF; Oregon Department of Forestry: www.oregon.gov/ODF/fire/pages/default.aspx; Evacuation maps can be found at: http:joco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=37b8a655d90f4f82ba35bal07a8278‘105 Lastly, you can call the Southern Oregon Joint Information Center at 541 474 530. (source: Upper Rogue Independent, August 15, 2018) Resources Available at Town Hall KJIHGFEDCBA Be Ready, Be Set, Go! Forest Landowner Resource Guide Jackson & Josephine County Jackson County Citizen Alert Fire-Resistant Plants for Home Landscapes Living with Wildfire. A Homeowner's Guide The Town of Butte Falls and Jackson County urge you to sign up for Jackson County Citizen Alerts at www.iacksoncountv.org/aleri so you can be advised of any em ergency conditions in the area. If you have trouble signing up, com e to town hall and we wilT help you.
