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• Thirty years after the fire station was originally built and almost two years after our wonderful community backed our station remodel by approving our bond issue, we’re finally there!  Please join us in reopening and rededicating the Crystal Lakes Fire Station.  Saturday, September 23rd, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm  The reopening will begin at 1:00 pm, with sandwiches and sodas and the chance to look around the station.  The rededication ceremony will be at 2:00 pm, followed by cake and more time to check out our newly remodeled station.  Please come help us celebrate!

• We are partnering with CSU and the Colorado State Forest Service to offer the following Wildfire Preparedness and Planning workshop. As for all our workshops, everyone is welcome, admission is free, and refreshments will be provided. Signing up in advance IS required -- see the end of this email for the link. Have you created a defensible space around your home in the event of a wildfire? Can firefighters easily find and access your property? Do you have a family evacuation and communication plan in place in the event of a wildfire? If you answered no to any of these questions, attend the free wildfire preparedness program on September 30, 2017, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Crystal Lakes Wapiti Room at Basecamp, 300 Tami Road, Red Feather Lakes, CO. Colorado State University Larimer County Extension, Colorado State Forest Service, and the Crystal Lakes Fire Protection District will team up to provide you with information on actions you can take to prepare your home and family for a wildfire. Reservations required: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fabab2baafc1-wildfire1.

• Crystal Lakes Fire Protection District and Fire Department is devastated to announce that we've lost one of our own. Ray Williams passed away on August 3rd. He had been a valued member of the department for many years, as an Auxiliary member and later a Special Duty Responder, and had served for years as fire board president. He was an exceptional person and a wonderful member of our fire department family, and we will miss him tremendously.

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Practice Wildfire Safety

People start most wildfires - find out how you can promote and practice wildfire safety.

• Contact your local fire department, health department, or forestry office for information on fire laws.
• Make sure that fire vehicles can get to your home. Clearly mark all driveway entrances and display your name and address.
• Report hazardous conditions that could cause a wildfire.
• Teach children about fire safety. Keep matches out of their reach.
• Post fire emergency telephone numbers.
• Ensure adequate accessibility by large fire vehicles to your property.
• Plan several escape routes away from your home - by car and by foot.
• Talk to your neighbors about wildfire safety. Plan how the neighborhood could work together after a wildfire. Make a list of your neighbors' skills such as medical or technical. Consider how you could help neighbors who have special needs such as elderly or disabled persons. Make plans to take care of children who may be on their own if parents can't get home.

For more information on wildfire safety, visit the U.S. Fire Administration's website.