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Your wildland fire action guide - prepared by Telluride Fire Protection District. This Guide will help you become aware of the dangers of wildfire, and provide you with the steps to prepare your family and home for the treat of a wildfire. Click to view/download the pdf:

Prepared specifically for San Miguel County, this document has the following primary purposes:

1. Provide a comprehensive, scientifically-based analysis of wildfire related hazards and risks in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) areas of San Miguel County and a portion of Montrose County within the Norwood Fire Protection District.
2. Using the results of the analysis, generate recommendations designed to prevent and/or reduce the damage associated with wildfire to values in the study area.
3. Create a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) document that conforms to the standards for CWPPs established by the Healthy Forest Restoration Act (HFRA) and the Colorado State Forest Service.
4. This plan will complement local agreements and existing plans for wildfire protection and aid in implementing a seamless, coordinated effort in determining appropriate fire management actions in the study area.

Make your own evaluation on this website. Learn how to pack a go-bag, find classes to prepare you to face the challenges of wildland fires, and more:

The leading information and knowledge resource on fire, electrical and related hazards.

Wildfire mitigation is everyone’s responsibility. Please review the website below to learn more about: Home Hardening, Defensible Space and Emergency Access.

The Wildfire Research (WiRē) Center is a nonprofit organization that works with wildfire practitioners to seek locally-tailored pathways to create fire adapted communities.

Working together to reduce wildfire risk throughout Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel counties since 2007.

The mission of San Miguel County Sheriff's Office Emergency Management is to support our community by establishing a system for coordinating the five phases of Emergency Management: Prevention, Protection, Response, Recovery and Mitigation.