VIDEO: To reduce fire risks at the Meadow Ridge subdivision in Twin Falls, homeowners, volunteers and local firefighters participated in an annual Firewise Day on Saturday. Meadow Ridge is part of the Firewise Communities. For the last several years, Meadow Ridge Home Owners Association, Bureau of Land Management, Twin Falls Fire Department and Mid-Snake River Resource Conservation and Development have joined together to clear out and trim fire fuels.
The fuels could include from branches, shrubs, grass or stumps.
"Really the goal is to be preventative on reducing fire fuels," said Gloria Gott, Firewise president for Meadow Ridge HOA. "If a fire were to break out. It gives the fire teams chances to get here. It gives them the best chance of breaking up the fire."