Firewise USA

Join us in assisting our neighbors on fire mitigation projects in Mesa Cortina and Cortina Ridge.

RSVP

Please RSVP to mesacortinafirewise@gmail.com with your phone number, if you can volunteer in any capacity. 

No experience necessary. You do not need to have any specific tools or skills to be a useful volunteer. Work as hard or as little as you want. Our goal is to educate everyone about how best to mitigate our properties for better defense against wildfires. We will be working in our yards raking, cleaning, pruning and other yard work as well as making plans for future work.

Tools

Let us know what tools you can bring. Do you have rakes, leaf blowers, weedwhackers, garden clippers, loppers, shovels, etc.? 

After Party - Lunch

Our HOA will be providing lunch for all volunteers on our Action Day. Volunteers do not need to live in the neighborhood. Bring your friends and kids are welcome too! We will have jobs for everyone.

FREE home and property assessment included 

Set up an appointment with Hannah, Fuels Specialist, Wildland Division of the Summit County Fire & EMS. She will walk your property and provide suggestions for you to create the best Firewise property through creating defensible space and using home-hardening strategies.

Watch a Ruby Ranch Firewise evaluation.

Protect your home and community from the growing threat of wildfires by joining the Firewise USA® initiative! The Mesa Cortina Firewise Committee is committed to helping homeowners reduce wildfire risks in the following ways:

• We can evaluate your home and provide suggestions to create a Firewise property through defensible space and using home-hardening strategies
• Provide more educational resources
• Help our neighborhood obtain County Grants available for tree mitigation and removal
• We have upcoming community events to help—including a community Work Day on July 12 and preparing for County Chipping Week from July 21-25

Now is the time to take action. Learn how small, cost-effective changes can make a big impact in safeguarding your property and keeping our neighborhood wildfire resilient. Contact our community Firewise team at mesacortinafirewise@gmail.com.