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Cave Creek cites wildfire risk, opens new fire station and pushes homeowner preparedness
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Summary
The presentation highlighted wildfire risk and public-safety investments, including opening the Cave Creek Fire Station with Daisy Mountain Fire District, outreach and two community wildfire-awareness meetings, and community green-waste drop-off events.
Speaker 1 stressed wildfire season is a year-round concern and said the town and Daisy Mountain Fire District opened the Cave Creek Fire Station to enhance firefighting and emergency response. The presentation noted two community wildfire-awareness meetings — one at the Cave Creek Fire Station and another at the Desert Foothills Library — where partners educated homeowners on vegetation clearance and property protection.
The speaker said one key message to residents is to keep dwellings and other structures clear of vegetation, invasive weeds, overgrown bushes and untrimmed trees. To help residents comply, the town scheduled two green-waste drop-off events in early spring and reported collecting nearly 54 tons of green waste; the presentation stated these events saved residents more than $9,000,000 in container and dumping costs.
The presentation linked fire-safety benefits to the water-system investments discussed earlier, noting added reserves will help with firefighting supply.
The presentation did not provide a detailed breakdown of the claimed savings figure for green-waste events; that cost-savings number was presented without supporting documentation in the transcript.
