Wildfire Home Hardening Workshop

november 9, 2024 at 8:30 aM

@Stillwater County Civic Center & Fairgrounds 16 Sheep Dip Rd

Join us for a Wildfire Home Hardening Workshop in Columbus, Montana, on November 9! Learn about protecting your home in high-risk wildfire areas by understanding the Home Ignition Zone and key home hardening principles. Discover local cost-share programs that create a defensible space and a healthy forest. Don’t miss this chance to make your home safer and more resilient!

AGENDA  

8:30 am – Workshop Opens  

9:00 am – Welcome & Introductions- 

9:10 am – Fire Safe Stillwater Introduction - Carmen Borchelt, DNRC 

9:15 am – Wildland Fire Risk and Protection in Stillwater County – David Stamey, County Fire Warden 

9:30 am - What is a Healthy Forest? And Treatment Process - Noah Wilson, DNRC and Drew Grimes, Custer-Gallatin National Forest 

10:00 am –The Home Ignition Zone – Kimiko Barrett, Headwaters Economics  

10:30 am – Stillwater Fuels Reduction Programs/Prescriptions –  

Lindsey Clark, Stillwater Valley Watershed Council 

Nick Jacobs, Columbus Fire Rescue 

Garrett Larson, Natural Resource Conservation Service 

11:00 am - Break 

11:15 am - Home Hardening Principles - Carmen Borchelt, DNRC 

12:15 pm – Lunch  

1:00 pm – Insurance in the Wildland Urban Interface - TBD 

1:30 pm – Evacuation and Go-Kits - David Stamey, County Fire Warden 

2:00 pm – Field Tour: property address- TBD