Artwork Tells a New Fire Safety Story!

Wildfires have been the cause of many disasters in Butte County over the past few decades.  Residents find that the winter months are a perfect time to prepare for fire season because fire danger is lower.  But how do residents know what to do to be prepared?
 
“Art work is a wonderful way to convey how to create a fire safe home” says Calli-Jane Burch Executive Director of the Butte County Fire Safe Council.
 
A recent collaboration of the Fire Safe Council, local artist Dave Thompson, local marketing firm Cedar Creek Publishing and the Butte County Office of Emergency Management has produced a beautiful and simple way to learn about wildfire safety.
 

“The art tells a new story” Adds Calli-Jane, “You see in the center, a home that is vulnerable to the wildfires embers in places such as boxes left on a porch.  These embers are often the reason homes burn in wildfires.  You’ll also see items like wooden fences and debris piled in boats and truck beds as places that can cause a home to burn.  The art also demonstrates how fire can act as a ladder from the grass up to shrubs and then to trees to cause crown fires.  You’ll also find the yellow blossoms of Scotch broom drawn into the picture to reflect the extreme fire hazard this plant poses to homes due to its invasive nature.”

 
This new story adds to the very influential and successful art work that was released six years ago and featured in the “Homeowners Guide to Fire Safe Landscaping” brochure.  Developed locally in Butte County the brochure and its artwork was adopted around throughout California and used to create posters distributed through the Western U.S.  Locally over 30,000 brochures have been picked up by Butte County residents at community events and in fire safety packets distributed by the Fire Safe Council.
 
This new artwork reflects lessons learned from local wildfires in the past six years and presenting them in a hand drawn poster image.  You can access the new artwork at www.thenet411.net or request having a poster mailed to you at no cost by calling 530-877-0984.  The Fire Safe Council is a non-profit, community organization with a vision to create communities within a landscape that are resistant to the devastating impacts of wildland fires.
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