NEWS
Creating defensible space can reduce fire damage
Defensible space greatly increases your safety and reduces fire damage.
Defensible space is a buffer zone created by the removal of weeds, brush and other natural vegetation between structures and the wildland urban interface. Creating defensible space can decrease fire damage to structures and allow space for firefighting operations.
Landscaping plans that include non-combustible materials or fire-resistive plants and regular maintenance can contribute to the creation of defensible space.
Read the next installment of Firewise, an informational column from the City of Bowie Fire Department in your weekend paper.
The regular meeting of the Bowie City Council for July 22 has been cancelled. City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris will be attending the Texas Public Power Association conference.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
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