PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Fire Chief Ken Dubuc will teach home gardeners how to make their landscapes more fire-resistant at noon Thursday, Aug. 13.
The presentation will be in the county commissioners’ meeting room (Room 160) in the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
Attendees can bring a lunch. The presentations are free and open to the public, though donations to help offset copying costs for handouts are accepted.
The presentation is a part of the “Green Thumb Garden Tips” brown bag series sponsored by the Washington State University Clallam County Master Gardeners.
Dubuc will explain how homeowners can plant and maintain vegetation to help increase fire resistance.
“The current drought and weather conditions in the county are unprecedented,” Dubuc said.
“The fire danger is also unprecedented, and folks really need to be aware of the things that they can do to help mitigate the risk of wildfire spread.
“A huge part of that is directly related to how people maintain their property.”
Dubuc started his fire service career in 1978 as a wildland firefighter with the National Forest Service.
He became a resident firefighter while attending the University of California at Davis.
He continued his fire service career as a captain at the Skywalker Ranch Fire Department in northern California and then accepted a position with the Vancouver, Wash., fire department.
He left Vancouver to become the assistant chief and fire marshal in Port Angeles, where he has been for the past 15 years.
He was appointed Port Angeles fire chief in May 2013.
For more information, call 360-417-2279.
