Wildfire Community Preparedness Day and Open House

Wildfire Community Preparedness Day and Station Open House Kittitas County Fire & Rescue #7 is hosting a Wildfire Community Preparedness Day and Station Open House on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at Station 73, I-90 Exit 78. Take a look around our new station and listen to presentations from local experts and firefighters on how to make property, home and family more safe in the event of a wildfire.  Learn what is going on in Olympia from Gary Berndt, the Wildland Fire Liaison to Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark.  The afternoon?s presentation is dedicated to keeping local forests healthy, with great ideas for landowners with even small areas of forest land. Sen. Judy Warnick, Rep. Tom Dent and Rep. Matt Manweller will be in attendance. Event made possible by Washington State Fire Adapted Communities, Kittitas County Conservation District, Ready Set Go!, State Farm, NFPA, Dept. of Natural Resources, and Washington Farmed Forestry Association. Scheduled presentations include: Welcome - Jay Wiseman, Chief, Kittitas Co. Fire & Rescue #7 Life Support and Station 73 - Cheri Marusa, President, Life Support Wildfire 101: - Carolyn Berglund, Public Education Officer, Kittitas Co. Fire & Rescue #7 Legislative Action and Community Preparedness - Gary Berndt, Wildland Fire Liaison to Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark What Causes Your House to Burn? ? Joe Seemiller, Fire Marshal, Kittitas Valley Fire & Rescue Fire Adapted Communities:  Ready Set Go ? Ryan Anderson, Executive Director, Washington State Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network. Panel of Experts:  Personal Water Supplies and Roads : Collaboration ? Working to Common Goals -  Jim Gylling, Land and Homeowner; Landowner Assistance - Scott Chambers, Department of Natural Resources; Wildfire in Kittitas County - Paul Blume, Captain, Kittitas Co. Fire & Rescue #7 SLLOPPS:  Maintaining Habitat Diversity While Reducing Fuels - Ken Bevis, Stewardship Wildlife Biologist, Department of Natural Resources Talk Forest Health with a Forester - Phil Hess, President, Washington Farm Forestry Association