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Draper fuels crew outlines mitigation work: 30-foot defensible-space recommendation and free homeowner assessments
Summary
Parker Hansen explained Draper’s fuels-crew operations — five seasonal crew members (May–October) who thin vegetation, use mulchers where accessible, stack and cure cut piles for winter burns, and offer free homeowner assessments recommending a minimum 30-foot defensible space.
On Draper City Talk, fuels-crew supervisor Parker Hansen detailed the department’s local mitigation program and practical steps residents can take to reduce wildfire risk.
Hansen said Draper employs a seasonal fuels crew from roughly May through October; this past year the crew had five members who perform chainsaw work, pruning and thinning in foothill areas and other wildland-urban interface locations. "We have a fuels crew that goes out and does the work. This last year we had 5…
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