State urges Coloradans to brush up on wildfire safety information

We’re only ten days into the spring season, and already wildfires have scorched land and prompted evacuations.

The State of Colorado says now is the time to review wildfire preparedness and safety tips.

The state’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management offers the following Colorado Wildfire 101 tips:

Be Responsible
Responsibly Mitigate: Visit www.firewise.org or www.fireadapted.org to learn how to mitigate.

Visit http://www.smokeybear.com/be-smart-outdoors.asp to learn how to enjoy the beauty of Colorado without creating additional fire risk.

Be Prepared
Learn about wildfire and take action now to prepare before, respond during and recover after: http://www.redcross.org/prepare/disaster/wildfire

Build an emergency kit for your home, office and more at www.readycolorado.com/prepare

Are you insured? Learn about the wildfire and insurance at www.RMIIA.org.

Be Proactive:
Proactively put together a family communications plan at www.readycolorado.com/make-plan

Additional family communication plan tools are available at www.ready.gov/family-communications

Be Informed
Know before you go: Weather conditions can be found at www.weather.gov

Know before you go: Fire risk and fire weather is available via the National Weather Service at http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/fire_wx/overview.html

Know before you go: Use this list and map to learn about fire restrictions/bans in your area: http://bit.ly/COFireRules

Know your risk: Use this tool from the Colorado State Fire Service to view your current fire risk: http://www.coloradowildfirerisk.com/

Be Notified:
Sign up for emergency alerts from your local jurisdiction. Get stated at http://bit.ly/COAlert

Be #COReady!
Follow the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control on Facebook, and Twitter

Follow the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management on Facebook and Twitter.

Follow READYColorado at READYColorado.com and on Facebook and Twitter

For more wildfire preparation and safety tips visit: https://www.readycolorado.com/hazard/wildfire