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Fire chief urges home hardening and heed to evacuation warnings as fire season approaches
Summary
Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District Chief Richard Edwards presented February call statistics and urged residents to harden homes, maintain defensible space and heed evacuation warnings; neighborhood ambassadors announced local Living With Fire events.
Richard Edwards, fire chief for the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District, told residents the district responded to 581 calls in February, about 404 of which were emergency medical service calls, and urged homeowners to harden properties against ember intrusion and to heed evacuation warnings. He described conditions that increase ember cast and recommended practical steps such as replacing smoke-detector batteries, removing combustible material within five feet of structures, and obtaining burn permits for parcels over one acre.
