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Arkansas FireWise Communities
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Ashley County: Maplevale, Martinville, Mist, North Crossett, Snyder, Tomerlinville, Treswell, Unity-Frost Prairie, Wilmot, Parkdale, Promiseland, Extra, Berlin, Dry Bayou, Hollis Chapel, Hopkinsville, Keller Bend

Baxter County: Clarkridge (NEW!), Buford (NEW!)  

Benton County: Piney Point, Hickory Creek, Rogers, Bella Vista, Little Flock, Rocky Branch, Decatur, Sulpher Springs, Centerton, Gentry, Bentonville

Boone County: Cottonwood, Harmon

Carroll County: Grassy Knob, Holiday Island, Inspiration Point, Eureka Springs

Chicot County: Eudora

Clark County: Caddo Valley, Alpine

Cleveland County: Pansy 

Faulkner County: Vilonia, East Cypress, Hilltop, Holland

Fulton County: Mammoth Spring

Garland County: Lake Hamilton, Red Oak, Diamondhead, Hot Springs Village

Grant County: Leola

Hot Spring County: Friendship, Midway, Donaldson, Rockport, Mt. Willow, Bismarck, Saginaw, Social Hill, Oak Bower, Oak Grove, Antioch, Caney, Lambert-Marcus

Independence County: Pleasant Plains

Johnson County: Hartman, Hunt

Logan County: Ratcliff

Montgomery County: Norman, Black Springs, Story, Joplin

Newton County: Parthenon, Ponca, Compton, Western Grove

Perry County: Nimrod, Glenhaven Youth Ranch

Pike County: Camp Albert Pike, Lodi, Murfreesboro, New Hope, Nathan, Glenwood (NEW!), Swaha, Antoine, Daisy

Pope County: Hector, Welcome Home, Appleton, Scottsville, Price Grove, Newton Spring, Rock Springs, Walnut Grove

Sebastian County: Greenwood

Sharp County: Cherokee Village

Stone County: Fox, Mozart

Union County: Norphlet, Junction City

Washington County: Strickler

White County: Pangburn, Bald Knob

Yell County: Briggsville (NEW!)
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Click here for a blank Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan template.

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Welcome fire departments and communities. Spring is here - and hopefully with it comes rain and a green up. Use your FireWise projects to help your communities prepare for a possible dry, hot summer ahead and let us help where we can!
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The Arkansas FireWise program is a multi-agency wildfire preparedness effort sponsored by the Arkansas Forestry Commission - and part of the National FireWise Communities USA organization. FireWise works with fire departments and civic organizations to make communities safer from the threat of wildfire through mitigation projects and community education initiatives.
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Contact us:

Matt Simpson, FireWise Coordinator
(501) 296-1940
matthew.Simpson@arkansas.gov

3821 West Roosevelt Road
Little Rock, AR 72204
Phone: (501) 296-1940
Fax: (501) 296-1949

The Arkansas Forestry Commission offers its programs to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Wildfire Education Programs

The Arkansas FireWise Team educates the state of Arkansas about the causes and prevention of wildfire. Any meeting, safety fair, civic function, luncheon, youth rally, volunteer event, church gathering or otherwise is an excellent opportunity to discuss how homeowners can very easily prepare homes and landscapes to resist wildfire. We can prepare presentations to address area-specific wildfire hazards and complete on-site wildfire risk assessment surveys. All visits are at no cost to communities. The Arkansas Forestry Commission makes wildfire prevention education a priority by offering the FireWise safety principles to any group interested. A community or group does not have to be affiliated with any fire department to receive a FireWise presentation and/or newsletter.

Wildfire Prevention Training and Seminars

Host a how-to training seminar at the next town hall meeting or property owner’s association to better inform residents in your area about wildfire safety. The FireWise program is a hands-on initiative that we hope can enable residents across Arkansas to make their property more resistant to one of our state’s most naturally occurring events – wildfire.

Certification as an Arkansas FireWise Community

Through funding from the US Forest Service, the Arkansas Forestry Commission does provide grants through fire departments that complete community certification requirements to become an Arkansas FireWise community. Contact your local AFC office, or the FireWise Team for a presentation during a regularly scheduled fire training meeting. We can come to your area at your convenience to discuss certification requirements. A checklist of certification requirements can be viewed here. Call 501-296-1940 with questions.

 





Mitigation Project Ideas Newsletter, 2012
Need some fresh ideas about community projects? See below!


Mitigation Project Newsletter 2012

Send an e-mail to matthew.simpson@arkansas.gov to begin receiving FireWise newsletters
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Arkansas Forestry Commission
Arkansas Forestry Commission


While the FireWise program is a national organization, the Arkansas Forestry Commission sponsors all efforts in our state. The main FireWise office is actually located at AFC headquarters in LIttle Rock. For more information about fire danger, burn bans, wildland fire, forest management or trees in the urban forest, please visit the Arkansas Forestry Commission website.

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Resources and Literature


Arkansas Homeowner's Guide

Arkansas Homeowner's Guide 2010

Our homeowner's guide has wildfire statistics, helpful information for homeowners concerning defensible space, landscaping and construction guidelines, as well as a take-home risk assessment. Feel free to print or use these in your communities however you need to, or call the FireWise team for us to deliver some to your area. You do not have to be a certified community to receive these resources.

Mini Brochure

Arkansas FireWise

What can FireWise do for your community?

Arkansas New Community Checklist

Arkansas Renewal Community Checklist

Resources for Active Communities

Approved Mitigation Equipment List

Volunteer Tracking Sheet

Community Renewal Form

How to Guide for Ordering
Free Supplies

 

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