Yocum

Certified Firewise Community/USA

The Yocum FireWise Board was formed Jan. 24, 2006, and the community became a certified Firewise Community/USA on Nov. 20, 2006. A luncheon and recognition ceremony was held Dec. 14, 2006 in the Garden View Room of the Clinton Presidential Library. Accepting a plaque and highway signs on behalf of the community of Yocum are Josh Arnold, Oak Grove Fire Department, and Steve Allen, Oak Grove Fire Chief. Also pictured are John Shannon, State Forester; Tony Siciliano, Arkansas FireWise consultant; Patricia Siciliano, Arkansas FireWise consultant; Michele Steinberg, Firewise Communities Support Manager, and Don McBride, Assistant State Forester-Protection.

Yocum FireWise Board members are Donald Blach, Jean Morgan, chairman; Steve Allen, assistant chairman; Pat Carltown, town secretary; Adam Arnold, Doug Youngblood and Terry Hutchison.

For their first Firewise project, volunteers removed brush, trimmed trees and weeds by Highway 103 and County Road 625. All debris was hauled away and burned.