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Clear Creek County proclaims May 2025 Wildfire Awareness Month; commissioners urge community mitigation
Summary
The Board adopted Resolution 25-54 recognizing May 2025 as Wildfire Awareness Month and urged residents to undertake home hardening and defensible-space measures; commissioners and fire authority staff described mitigation benefits and local wood-collection efforts.
The Clear Creek County Board of County Commissioners on May 20 unanimously adopted Resolution 25-54, proclaiming May 2025 as Wildfire Awareness Month and urging residents, businesses and organizations to take immediate wildfire-preparedness steps.
The resolution cites rising wildfire risk across Colorado and the growth of the wildland-urban interface, and it references public-education efforts such as the Live Wildfire Ready campaign. Commissioners and staff emphasized home-hardening, defensible-space creation, and community collaboration as primary ways to reduce wildfire impacts.
A commissioner said, "This is what I spent my weekend doing, was clearing out brush and stuff that could spread a wildfire to my house," and encouraged residents to undertake similar mitigation work. Another commissioner described how treated forest projects can initially look worse but yield improved aspen regrowth and greater ecological resilience over a decade.
Clear Creek Fire Authority staff informed the board that the authority will collect excess wood from homeowners undertaking mitigation and donate it to families in need for winter heating. The board praised staff for drafting the resolution and noted that county efforts should prioritize encouraging public participation in mitigation projects and coordinating with federal and state partners to complete larger-scale forest treatments.
The motion to adopt the resolution was moved and seconded; commissioners voted by voice to approve the proclamation.
The board also noted that May is both Wildfire Awareness Month and Mental Health Awareness Month and encouraged the public to use the time to prepare homes and plans for the wildfire season.
