Life in the high country includes preparations for the threat of wildfires. Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue maintains a robust program to assist businesses, property owners and visitors to prepare for wildfire. All Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue firefighters are wildland certified and routinely deploy to assist in fighting wildfires nationwide to help others and hone their wildland skills to ensure readiness should Summit County be threatened by fire.

Wildfire Mitigation Office:

• The Wildfire Mitigation Office provides site-specific wildfire threat assessments, issues controlled burn permits and ensures construction projects in Summit adhere to applicable County wildfire regulations.

Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue Wildfire Assistance:

• Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue wildfire specialists are available to property owners, businesses and organizations for site-specific wildfire consultations. Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue personnel can provide insights regarding site-specific preparations, instructions on how to prepare a property to facilitate wildfire defense and can assist groups, businesses and families to develop evacuation procedures. For consultations or assessment assistance, please contact pio@ldfr.org.
• Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue personnel also routinely engage in County-wide pre-planning activities to remain knowledgeable and vigilant about developments that affect the ability of firefighters to operate and gain access in advance of a wildfire threat. Part of these planning activities include neighborhood inspections to complete the Department's "Red Zone" database that includes site-specific information on properties that directly affect wildfire defense capabilities. These "Red Zone" reports are available to property owners upon request. For access to these reports, please contact pio@ldfr.org.

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