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Provo firefighters are going door to door today on the city's east bench to let residents know about fire danger and how to best protect their homes.
"We're just doing a public service about: Now it's becoming fire season and how to protect your house with the hillsides and the things over here," said Capt. Tom Torgersen, with the Provo Fire Department.
Provo fire fighters went door-to-door at 200 homes on the east bench. The homes are located at the top of hillsides where there's a lot of open space and cheat grass -- fuel that can make a fire spread in seconds.
There have been wildland fires here in the past, and fire fighters are trying to prevent them by giving residents information to protect their homes.
"Defensible space, fireworks restrictions, things they can do to make them safe for fireworks, things along that line. Make it safe for the community and prevent a fire so no one has a home damaged," Torgersen said.
Firefighters recommend that you clear dry brush 30-foot feet from your home -- what they call defensible space.
While they went door-to-door to 200 homes, 1,200 other homes will get letters in the mail about this.
For more safety tips, click on the link to the right of the story.
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