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09.14.2012

What the Waldo Canyon Fire teaches us about pre-fire mitigation

NFPA Journal looks at Waldo Canyon FireFollowing the most destructive fire in Colorado’s history, representatives from the Fire Adapted Communities (FAC) coalition toured Colorado Springs to analyze the Waldo Canyon Fire’s impacts and learn how the community had prepared itself. NFPA's Fred Durso wrote an account of the team’s visit.

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This article is a special reprint from the September/October 2012 issue of NFPA Journal.


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