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09/04/2012

Colorado rebuilds Fire Adapted Communities with September workshops

Colorado Rebuilds Fire Adapted Communities Workshops
The Fire Adapted Communities coalition in cooperation with Lowe’s Home Improvement and state and local partners will present three workshops, where homeowners will get hands-on instruction about choosing the most fire-resistant construction materials and advice about maintaining homes in wildfire-prone areas.

Please join us at these workshops, which will be held:

Saturday, September 15 at 11:00 am
Lowe's, 4227 Corbett Drive, Fort Collins

Sunday, September 16 at 1:00 pm
Lowe's of Lakewood in Littleton, 5285 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton

Saturday, September 22 at 11:00 am
Lowe's, 488 N. Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs

For more information, contact the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS), a Fire Adapted Communities coalition member and workshop organizer. To learn more about how your community can become fire adapted, visit www.fireadapted.org.

Posted by on 09/04/2012 at 08:00 AM in Fire Adapted Communities |

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