- If you have pine trees on your property that seeded after the fire 95 years ago, you have dead and dying trees on your property, and a carpet of pine needles on the ground if you aren't raking twice a year.
- You probably have some healthy trees of other species that can thrive when out from under the canopy of those old pines.
- Fact - dead trees, and almost dead trees have been snapping and coming down, some hitting structures, others almost.
- The RDKB offers a free assessment of your property that will help guide you through the FireSmart process - only 37 property owners have taken advantage of this from 2022 to the start of this season
- The RDKB commits to not sharing your assessment with any othe party
- IF YOU HAVE THE ASSESSMENT DONE, THERE IS GRANT MONEY TO HELP YOU WITH COST OF DOING THE FIRESMART WORK!
- Time is running out for this season, get an assessment now, and talk to the assessor. The rebates are available until the end of October or when the money runs out. A the moment, there is still rebate funding available, and assessments end at the end of October.
- There are RDKB mitigation folks to talk to.
- Talk to your neighbours - if they aren't blog readers, give them the above link.
- We've been lucky this year, but the fire season is not over.
- Get working now - there is no guarantee on the fire danger for next year.
- It doesn't all have to be done at once - get started with the little things around your home. and make the first 1.5m around the home fuel free.
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