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Workshops offer simple steps you can take to reduce risks of your home igniting in a wildfire

Smoke from the Almeda Fire fills the sky over the Rogue Valley on Sept. 8, 2020. Photo courtesy Lee Winslow / Oregon Department of Forestry
May 4, 2024

In-person session coming up Wednesday, May 8; Zoom session set for Wednesday, May 15

By Morgan Rothborne, Ashland.news

A pair of workshops on learning better wildfire preparedness are coming up, one in person and one online. 

The workshop advertises teaching some “simple steps” to reduce the risk of losing a home to wildfire, according to a flier posted to the city of Ashland’s website. 

The first workshop is set to begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, at Lithia Motors Pavilion on Southern Oregon University campus at 1465 Webster St. The second workshop will be held virtually over Zoom starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 15. 

The workshop is hosted by the city of Ashland, Fire Adapted Ashland and the Boise State Hazard and Climate Resilience Institute. 

Registration is required for the event and can be completed online by clicking here.

Questions can be sent to Ashland Emergency Management Coordinator Kelly Burns. 

Email Ashland.news reporter Morgan Rothborne at morganr@ashland.news.

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