Wildfire Preparedness & Forest Health
How Prepared Are You for Wildfire?
RESOURCES
- To help with landscaping, EKCD offers fire-resistant plants during our Annual Plant Sale.
- As funding allows, EKCD provides free wildfire property assessments in collaboration with the DNR .
Give us a call to learn more: 509-773-9020.
- To support Washington’s producers, farmers, and ranchers WSDA has compiled wildfire preparedness resources into a centralized hub:: https://cms.agr.wa.gov/WSDAKentico/Documents/Pubs/AGR1-2505-006-WildfireReadinessToolkit.pdf This toolkit includes messaging, graphics & preparedness resources.
- https://agr.wa.gov/services/emergency-management/disasters/wildfires(more preparedness resources)
LINKS TO MORE TIPS & IDEAS
- Firewise USA® (National Fire Protection Association – NFPA)
- How to Become a Firewise USA® Site (NFPA)
- Have a Firewise® Home (NFPA pdf)
- Introduction to Firewise® Principles (NFPA PowerPoint)
- Era Of Megafires — North Forty (Informational Videos)
- Wildfire preparedness for all of Washington agriculture(WSDA Resources)
- Wildfire preparedness for owners of livestock and large animals(WSDA Resources)
Contact WSDA Emergency Management @Emergencymanagement@agr.wa.gov
Who We Are
EKCD is your community-based hub of natural resource expertise, funding, and non-regulatory assistance.
Before and after photos of a Forest Health project implemented 2024/2025 near Bickleton, WA.