Talk on Fire Permeable Communities

Aftermath of the Chetco Bar Fire in Curry County.|Photo courtesy of Curry Fire Prevention.

Fire expert Rich Fairbanks will give a presentation on how to make communities and homes safer in our increasingly fire-prone climate on Thursday, Oct. 10, 6:30-8 p.m. in the Port Orford  Public Library (1421 Oregon St.) in Port Orford.  The free public event is sponsored by the Wild Rivers Coast Forest Collaborative and the Kalmiopsis Audubon chapter.

Fairbanks spent 32 years with the U.S. Forest Service, specializing in wildfires.