JACKSONVILLE WILDFIRE COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS DAY OCTOBER 4 – by Wayne Painter, Jacksonville Fire Chief

Jacksonville Review – September 2025

JACKSONVILLE’S Wildfire Community Preparedness Day is back this October—with a new self-serve format. The event will take place on Saturday, October 4, from 9am-noon, in the D Street Parking Lot.

Please note: This year’s event will not include a chipper, and no assistance will be provided for unloading materials. Residents are invited […]

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Preparing Your Home for Wildfires – by Wayne Painter, Jacksonville Fire Chief

Landscaping Against Your Home—An easy way to create defensible space around your home is to remove weeds, brush, and other invasive vegetation and debris. Use noncombustible rock mulch around your home in place of standard mulch. Trim grass and flowers to 4” or less and maintain all summer. Trim touching or overhanging tree branches to […]

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