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Firewise volunteers revive wildfire-preparedness push; council asks staff to explore prescribed burns
Summary
Volunteers leading the Firewise USA site in Lago Vista presented an education and mitigation plan to council; members asked staff to coordinate possible prescribed burns on large parcels, outreach and clearer evacuation planning with ESD 1.
Volunteers restarting the Firewise USA program in Lago Vista presented the organization’s history, services and an action plan to city council on Feb. 6, urging a stronger emphasis on homeowner defensible space and community-level planning for wildfire and evacuations.
Jeff Huegeli, lead volunteer for Firewise in Lago Vista, summarized the program’s purpose: “neighbors helping neighbors” to reduce structure vulnerability through voluntary home-hardening and vegetation management, not by providing emergency response or code enforcement. Huegeli outlined a calendar of volunteer…
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