Firewise Community

Brochures available from Sun Valley Water (just call 575-258-5240, leave a message & I'll deliver it to you)

1. How to have a Firewise Home
2. Firewise Guide to Landscape and Construction
3. Fire Adapted Communities

      You can also go to:  www.fireadapted.org.  While there, be sure to download a free home wildfire risk assessment and checklist.

Available DVDs to borrow from Sun Valley Water:

1. Introduction to Firewise Principles & Assessing Homeowner Properties
2. Using Water Effectively in the Wildland/Urban Interface
3. Making Your Home Firewise
4. WILDFIRE! Preventing Home Ignitions
5. Home Improvement: A Firewise Approach
6. Firewise Landscaping Series
7. Creating Fire Adapted Communities
8. Safer from the Start: Developing a Firewise Community
9. Firewise Communities: Becoming a Recognized Firewise Community
10. Before the Smoke-Preparing Your Community for Wildfire
11. Examining Home Destruction in the Wildland/Urban Interface

These brochures and DVD are courtesy of NFPA-Wildland Fire Operations Division.
 FIREWISE is a copyrighted name.

With all this talk about FIRE ---
!!!!REMEMBER to remember our fantastic Bonito Volunteer Fire Department.  They take donations to help with equipment and supplies.  P.O. Box 135, Alto, N.M. 88312.  
Phone: 575-336-4308 (Not for emergencies)

Check out the video, pictures and article about our Bonito Fire Dept. awesome firetruck -
  http://www.internationaltrucks.com/trucks/experience/internationalfirebrigade