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Community Outreach & Education

COMMUNITY OUTREACH & EDUCATION

 

Public events include:

     Firewise - A Community Fire Preparedness Event

         * All-day event held at the Glacier View Fire Station (10 am – 2 pm)

         * Features a variety of vendors who handle pre-fire issues, such as homeowners’

             insurance companies,

         * Colorado State Forest Service, environmental and fire restoration groups, tree

             services, first responders and local agencies

         * Children’s activities (volunteer leaders wanted)

                   -  AirMed helicopter landing

                    - YOU can be Smokey Bear!

                   -  Food and drink by donation provided by GVFPD and the Glacier Gals

 

Community Evacuation Drill

     * Held in concert with Larimer County Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

     * Residents can sign up to “practice” an evacuation

     * Receive notice, grab go bag, and meet at evacuation meeting point, which is 

        Drala Center

     * Larimer County Office of Emergency Management will be coming up to practice

         mark houses for triage / fire protection

     * Vendors who handle post-fire issues such as disaster recovery

 

Glacier View Ecology Committee “Mountain Living Lecture” Talk

     * Part of GVM summer Living Lecture series

     * Held in Mary Keller Community Room below HOA office, open to anyone

     * Topic will be “Five Years After Cameron Peak Fire”

 

If you or your group have an interest in hearing about any of the work that the Community Wildfire Protection Plan Implementation Team (CWPP IT) does, please reach out and we would be happy to coordinate a guest speaker.  Email cwppcoord@glacierviewfire.gov or call 970-493-3353.

 

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