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Santa Fe Wildfire Preparedness Open House

  • City of Santa Fe Office of Emergency Management (map)

Join us for three workshops sessions about how you can prepare for wildfire.

From 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the City of Santa Fe Office of Emergency Management at the old College of Santa Fe, see map below. Refreshments provided.

Hosted by the Greater Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition, the City of Santa Fe Fire Department, City of Santa Fe Department of Emergency Management, Villages of Santa Fe, and the Forest Stewards Guild.

Workshops include:

Evacuation Preparation

  • How to be alerted about wildfire in Santa Fe

  • How to create a “Go Kit”  

  • How to prepare your family and home to evacuate

How to prepare your home for wildfire.

  • Simple things you can do to reduce the risk of your home igniting.

  • Conducting your own Home Hazard Assessment.

 Wildfire Modeling

“Go Kit” Giveaway

Villages of Santa Fe will giving away a few “go kits” as door prizes. These are complete emergency preparedness kits that get you ready for most emergencies or evacuations. Thanks to Villages of Santa Fe for organizing this and to NFPA and State Farm for providing support.

 Map to the Department of Emergency Management

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 Contact for more information:

sam@forestguild.org

 

Earlier Event: May 4
Eldorado Chipper Day
The GSFFC is a coalition of public and private organizations. The GSFFC is not a subdivision of the State of New Mexico, as defined in the state’s Open Meetings Act, §§ 10-15-1 to 10-15-4 NMSA 1978. Although federal agencies participate in the GSFFC, the Coalition is not a federal advisory board and was not created by a federal agency, as defined by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5.U.S.C. app. 2, §§ 1 to 16 (2012). The GSFFC operates informally to support its partners, and is not incorporated as a non-profit, 501(C)(3), partnership, or other legal status.