Valley Celebrates Participation In Firewise Communities USA Program

Big Bear Valley, CA, May 13, 2011, noon – The Big Bear City Community Services District and the City of Big Bear Lake are celebrating their 4^th and 5^th year of participation, respectively, in the National Fire Protection Association’s Firewise Communities/USA program, a voluntary initiative to protect local residents, their property and natural resources from wildfires. In order to become part of NFPA’s Firewise program, local communities have enlisted a wildland/urban interface specialist to complete a community assessment and create a plan that identifies achievable solutions to be implemented by the community, sponsored a local Firewise Task Force Committee, Commission or Department, observed a Firewise Communities/USA Day each year that is dedicated to a local Firewise project, invested a minimum of $2.00 per capita annually in local Firewise projects, and submitted an annual report to Firewise Communities/USA that documents continuing compliance with the program. To learn more about Firewise Communities/USA, visit www.firewise.org/usa, for more information on local efforts, go to www.thinisin.org.

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