Resources
Who we partner with:
Big Thompson Watershed Coalition
Loveland Fire Rescue Authority
Coalitions & Collaboratives, Inc
Larimer County Wildfire Partner Program
There are so many great resources available to our community here are a few to consider:
U.S. FOREST SERVICE LINKS:
General Inquiries: VisitARP@usda.gov or 970-295-6600
Firewood Permits: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/arp/firewood
Pile Burning Information: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/coarf-slash-pile-burning-2023
Fire Restrictions: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/arp/alerts-notices
Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative: https://nocofireshed.org
Forest Fuels Management: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/arp/fire
Road Status: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/arp/recreation/?cid=stelprdb5300963
AIR MED CARE NETWORK / EMERGENCY HELICOPTER MEDICAL PROTECTION SIGN UP:
FIRE ADAPTED COLORADO SHARED LINKS:
● Protect your home from a wildfire:
https://csfs.colostate.edu/wildfire-mitigation/protect-your-home-property-from-wildfire
● Falls Creek Ranch Story
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LV0bpejWyuNAs_mC-JePB-E7asKCwM80/view
● Home Hardening Introduction (Animated)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5sVqcSa_9E
● Harden Your Home (Rotary Wildfire Ready):
https://simplebooklet.com/hardeningyourhomebrochure#page=1
● The Home Ignition Zone (Colorado State Forest Service):
https://csfs.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021_CSFS_HIZGuide_Web.pdf
● Wildfire Prepared Home (IBHS) how to prep my home Checklist:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NrqU92yaKyHFDBH8ogK4Bsi4Eqg7stQZ/view?usp=drive_link
● Firewise USA Community Wildfire Assessment:
www.nfpa.org/downloadable-resources/guides-and-manuals/firewise-usa-recognition-program-community-wildfire-risk-assessment
● WFAP Home Assessment Checklist (NVFC):
https://www.nvfc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/WFAP-home-assessment-checklist.pdf
● Remote HIZ diagram - how you can take 8 “before” photos that help you begin to see your home through eyes of a firefighter during a wildfire:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hWYJk2U1havxAjcvA6fALJn0l_ybcukN/view?usp=drive_link
● “Your Home Can Survive a Wildfire” Video (NFPA, Jack Cohen)
https://youtu.be/vL_syp1ZScM
● Burning Juniper video (Embers fly over road and ignite Juniper)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7MFqhNMfoc
● Fencing can be a Fuse!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_EPespVLRs&t=3s
● Eric Lovgren from Eagle County Performs a Home Site Assessment, noting vegetation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zaHTk5NEDU&t=284s
● CSU Extension Firewise Plant Materials list: https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/natural-resources/firewise-plant-materials-6-305/
● CSU Extension: Top 10 Fire resistant native plants for Colorado Landscapes (video) https://engagement.source.colostate.edu/top-10-fire-resistant-native-plants-for-colorado-landscapes/
● CSU Extension: How to Design a Fire-Resistant Landscape for Your Yard: https://youtu.be/AuSkk9UcSdU?feature=shared
● CSU Extension: Top Ten Ignition Resistant Native Plants:
https://youtu.be/V_cvMjJgBkc?feature=shared
● The Home Ignition Zone (Colorado State Forest Service): https://simplebooklet.com/httpscsfscolostateeduwpcon
● FireWise Plant Materials (Colorado State Extension):
https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/natural-resources/firewise-plant-materials-6-305/
● Low Flammability Landscape Plants:
https://extension.colostate.edu/low-flammability-landscape-plants/
● Fire Resistant Landscaping:
https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/natural-resources/fire-resistant-landscaping-6-303/
● Fuelbreaks Update:
https://static.colostate.edu/client-files/csfs/pdfs/fuelbreak_guidellines.pdf
● Ember Alliance Ecosystem 1 Pagers:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10xTB3pTjKtmX6adFKEDRcztDqcBc2Yoi
● “Your Home and Wildfire: Choices That Can Make a Difference”:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfbEcMeYFFA&t=13s
● Managing various forest types:
https://csfs.colostate.edu/csfspublications/#stewardship
● Common Forest Insects & Diseases:
https://csfs.colostate.edu/forest-management/common-forest-insects-diseases/
● Living with Fire Defensible Space Guide, includes sagebrush landscapes:
https://naes.agnt.unr.edu/PMS/Pubs/2023-5522.pdf
● Summit County - Ruby Ranch & Eagles Nest Wilderness Case Study:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1rfnbU2U0
● Firewise/NFPA - Your Home And Wildfire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfbEcMeYFFA
● Discover the Secrets to Firewise Landscaping - PBS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfKiJ3ce9dA
● Wildfire Partners Fact Sheets in English & Spanish
○“Junk Your Junipers”
○“The First 5 Feet”
○“Fences Are Fuses”
○“Screening Vents”
○“Ready-Set- Mow: Grass Maintenance
Link: https://wildfirepartners.org/resources/fact-sheets/