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                                      Preparing Cripple Creek for Wildfire

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                                      • Ready-Set-Go program
                                      • Protect Your Home & Property from Wildfire
                                      • Defensible Space for Protection Against Wildfires
                                      • Make your home wildfire defensible
                                      • NFPA – Preparing homes for wildfire

                                      Minimum vertical clearance is three times the height of a shrub and the lowest tree branches.


                                      References, Resources and More Information: (Wildfire | Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (colorado.gov))

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                                      • Protecting Cripple Creek from Wildfire 4.97 MB
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