Wildfire Home Hardening Workshop
Nov 9 at 08:30 AM - 02:00 PM
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
Starting at 8:30 am until 2:00 pm
Location: Columbus Civic Center and Fairgrounds
16 Sheep Dip Road
Hosted by the Firesafe Stillwater / Carmen Borchelt, Carmen.Borchelt@mt.gov
Details
Columbus Civic Center and Fairgrounds
16 Sheep Dip Road Columbus, MT
