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Fire Adapted Nevada presentation urges residents to harden homes as Washoe’s CWPP is updated
Summary
Truckee Meadows fire representative Brett Taylor told a Washoe County advisory meeting that most home losses come from embers, urged practical home-hardening like vent screening and defensible space, and said the county’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan is being revised with a fall completion target.
Brett Taylor, a lead coordinator with Truckee Meadows Fire, told the Washoe County community advisory council on March 1 that homeowners should focus on small, practical actions to reduce the risk from wildfires.
"About 85% of home loss is from embers, not a flaming wall of fire," Taylor said, urging residents to inspect attic and crawl-space vents and to use fine mesh screening on vents. He described Fire Adapted Nevada and the Firewise community program as frameworks that help neighborhoods coordinate risk reduction and access grant funding for local projects.
Taylor outlined how embers lofted by wind can ignite combustible material near a house—mulch, gutters and attic vents—and said that most…
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