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Sandy City fire officials outline wildland-urban interface plan, outreach and lessons from recent deployments
Summary
Sandy City Fire Department presented its Community Wildland Protection Plan, described prevention and mitigation actions, announced a May 17 community outreach day and summarized lessons learned from recent out-of-state deployments to large Western wildfires.
Sandy City fire officials detailed the city's Community Wildland Protection Plan (CWPP) and ongoing preparedness and mitigation work at the City Council meeting on March 4.
The presentation explained current equipment and training upgrades, outreach efforts to homeowners in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), and coordination with county and state partners. Officials also summarized what crews learned while deployed to several large Western wildfires, including the recent California incidents.
Chief McConaughey said the department's goals are to reduce risk in the WUI through prevention, mitigation and preparedness. He described specialized apparatus and added training that allow crews to access remote areas quickly for a fast initial attack. "If we can get to those fires quickly and prevent them from becoming catastrophic, that's our main goal," McConaughey said.
Matt Stubner, who leads Sandy's WUI program, walked the council through the CWPP's three principles:…
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