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Ruch Students Learn to be Firewise

4/26/2015

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On April 20th, a group of junior high students spent the morning learning about the science of wildfire and readying their school for the impending wildfire season.  The training is part of National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day on Saturday, May 2nd.   

Students participated in role-playing workshops covering topics such as fire ecology, emergency preparedness, climate change, and forest management.  Students identified three zones at the school to plant fire-resistant plants and reduce ladder fuels in the event that a wildfire were to enter the Applegate Valley. 

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The community project is organized by the Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative, the Applegate Fire District, and the Bureau of Land Management.  Ruch Community School was awarded a $500 grant from State Farm Insurance to host an on-campus wildfire safety education project.  


At the end of the day, students were asked to nominate someone in the community who may need help creating a defensible space.  This Saturday, a crew of local fire agencies will spend several hours doing fuel reduction around his or her home. 

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