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(FL) Forest Stewardship Workshop: Florida’s Firewise Community Program
Type: Meeting
Posted: 2006-09-11
Location:
Santa Fe Community College Andrews Center Culture Building Auditorium
201 East Call Street
Starke,
Florida
Start:
10/17/2006
09:00 AM
End:
10/16/2006
03:45 PM
Program Summary: The Firewise Community program is a partnership between state and local government agencies, emergency management officials, planners, developers, and others to resolve community growth issues in the wildland-urban interface, particularly fire. This workshop is an opportunity for landowners to learn about Florida’s Firewise program, how to protect property from wildfire, and to discuss the wider issues associated with the use of prescribed fire in an expanding urban fringe. Presenters and panelists will discuss development planning strategies that can mitigate the effects of wildfire and account for the continued use of prescribed fire. Other possible topics will be insurance rates, the outlook for the future and developing effective relationships with neighbors so that prescribed fire can continue to be used.
Register: This program is free but you must pre-register. Register on-line if possible at: http://www.pandionsystems.com/registration_firewise.asp. Select the Starke Firewise workshop and fill in the needed fields; or call Pandion Systems at (352)372-4747. Directions to the meeting facility are on the back.
A service of:
Florida Division of Forestry, Forest Stewardship Program
University of Florida, IFAS, School of Forest Resources and Conservation
Pandion Systems
Alachua County Emergency Management
Lakewood Community
Others TBA
Contact:
Chris Demers
(352) 846-2375
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