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Documents & Links
Additional information from Edelweiss and from outside experts.
Contractors: Here is a list of contractors who have worked in Edelweiss in the past and can help assess properties and limb up or cut down trees, chip, etc. We can’t guarantee that the list is current, so please let us know if your calls aren’t answered or if you are aware of a contractor not listed here. [link to internal document]
Facebook and Local Fire History
- Facebook: There will likely be a Facebook group for each DNR designated fire. Once you learn of new fires in the area, search Facebook for the fire and join the group for daily updates from the forest service fire command group.
- Okanogan County Fire Information Facebook group also posts regular information about wildfire preparation, safety, current fires, and other related information.
- 2021 Cub Creek Fire: This fire threatened the entire Methow Valley.
- 2021 Cedar Creek & Delancey Fire: Another 2021 fire that just about devastated the entire Methow Valley.
- The US Forest Service page for Okanogan County is a good overall reference page.
Glossary of Firewise/Fire Terms: Firewise and fire terms and associated organizations.
Landscaping
- Tree & shrub spacing. Information and good graphics from the Cal Fire web site.
- The effects of slope. Fuelbreak Guidelines for Forested Subdivisions & Communities. An excellent, but technical, .pdf report from the Colorado State Forest Service. Useful for our whole community, but also individual property owners who wish to understand fire behavior.
- Landscaping with fire resistant plants. Check out this comprehensive .pdf created by Oregon State University, Washington State University, and the University of Idaho.
Propane and Power
- Wildfire guidelines from Okanogan County Electric Co-op (OCEC) regarding propane and wildfires (.pdf).
- Power shut off during wildfire events. OCEC’s explanation of fire safety shutoffs (.pdf).
- OCEC needs your help (.pdf). OCEC wants property owner help to keep power poles and transformers clear.
Wildfire Tactics
- Taking shelter in a wildfire. Good information from California’s SafeHome.org within a longer document.
- Driving during a wildfire. Advice from California’s SafeHome.org
- If trapped at home, on foot or in a car near a wildfire. Advice from Calfire.
PDF of the entire Edelweiss Firewise website: A hard or full electronic copy can come in very handy when the power is out, or for future easy reference.