HIGH COUNTRY RC&D, Inc.
Phone( 208) 624-3200
P.O. Box 501
St. Anthony, ID. 83445
http://highcountryrcd.weebly.com/
hcountryrcd@gmail.com
HIGH COUNTRY RC&D, Inc.
Press Release – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Pam Herdrich, Executive Coordinator
NARC&DC and ICC Work to Reduce Wildland/Urban Fire Risks
IDAHO FALLS — SEPTEMBER 10TH & 11TH — The HIGH COUNTRY RC&D is combining
forces with the National Association of Resource Conservation & Development Councils
(NARC&DC), and the International Code Council (ICC) to combat wild fires in the Wildland/Urban
Interface (WUI). The two national organizations, working with HIGH COUNTRY RC&D, local,
state and regional officials to give communities located in and among the edges of Idaho’s
Wildlands the tools needed to save lives and property from wildfires.
The effort, funded through a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Fire Prevention
and Safety Grant, aims to establish training and workshops that help reduce the risk of
uncontrolled wildfire through the Wildfire Safe, Sound & Code Smart program.
A two-day, Wildfire Safe, Sound & Code Smart workshop will be held on September 10-11, 2013 at
the Hotel on the Falls in Idaho Falls, ID. Major speakers from the Washington D.C. based ICC are
Kraig Stevenson, Senior Regional Manager for ICC Government Relations and Dan W. Bailey,
Executive Director of ICC Wildland Fire, Natural Resource, Environmental and Natural Hazard
Programs.
They will provide information that seeks to improve a community’s ability to combat Wildland fire
through development of fire prevention tools and building codes that better fit the changing
human habitation along the edge of the Idaho’s Wildlands. The WUI code adoption process
includes planning, designing, building and retrofitting homes, as well as properly maintaining
them and the surrounding property, which will help further protect entire communities from
wildfire.
The program will actively involve RC&D, and other, community leaders in the WUI code
development, adoption and education process. HIGH COUNTRY RC&D NARC&DC and the ICC
will work to increase awareness and prevention efforts among homeowners and businesses at
increased risk of WUI fires.
For more information about this workshop, contact HIGH COUNTRY RC&D at (208) 624-3200
or email us at hcountryrcd@gmail or go to http://highcountryrcd.weebly.com/ for details
and registration.
The HIGH COUNTRY RC&D is a non-profit organization that works to protect natural resources and
develop rural economies. RC&D Councils are grassroots organizations comprised of community members
and local government representatives. They deliver resource conservation and community development
assistance throughout rural America, including soil and water quality projects, job creation programs, and
renewable energy assistance.