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Draper outlines local mitigation: fuel breaks, chipper days, evacuation planning and alerts
Summary
Draper Fire described expanded fuels‑reduction work — including a grant‑funded chipper, new fuel breaks and targeted roadside thinning — and urged residents to create 0–100 ft defensible space, register for city alerts and coordinate neighborhood chipper days.
Draper City Fire Department officials described a multi‑pronged local mitigation plan that pairs defensible‑space guidance with expanded city services to reduce wildfire risk in foothill neighborhoods.
Parker Hansen, the department’s full‑time fuels crew supervisor, described the tactical approach: "We're putting in fire brakes, fuel brakes. These are advantageous to us as a fire department where we can go in ... it's a strategic point where we can stop the fire essentially." He said crews are doing large…
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