Inland Empire Fire Life Safety Educators event
The Inland Empire Fire Life Safety Educators hosted a media event to officially kick-off Wildfire Awareness Month.
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A single coal ignites a pile of pine needles in a matter of seconds on Thursday, May. 2, 2024, during a Wildfire Awareness Month kickoff event in Medical Lake, Wash. According to The Inland Empire Fire Life Safety Educators, embers are the primary cause of home ignitions during wildfires.
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Matches on simulated 30 and 45 degree slopes burn rapidly on Thursday, May. 2, 2024, during a Wildfire Awareness Month kickoff event in Medical Lake, Wash.
Tyler Tjomsland The Spokesman-Review
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Andres Steevens, deputy cheif of Fire District 10, talks about how his home was destroyed by the Gray Fire and urges neighborhoods and homeowners to have an evacuation plan with contingencies in place on Thursday, May. 2, 2024, in Medical Lake, Wash.
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Guy Gifford a Community Resiliency Assistant Division Manager with DNR, clears scrap lumber - a possible fire fuel source - from next to a home on Thursday, May. 2, 2024, in Medical Lake, Wash.
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Guy Gifford a Community Resiliency Assistant Division Manager with DNR shows lava rock as a potential next-to-home fire deterrent as opposed to grass or dead foliage on Thursday, May. 2, 2024, in Medical Lake, Wash.
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A small firefighter memorial sits in the burned out yard of Andres Steevens, deputy cheif of Fire District 10, whose home was destroyed by the Gray Fire last summer on Thursday, May. 2, 2024, in Medical Lake, Wash.
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