OLYMPIA, Wash. – To help promote awareness and prevention of wildfires, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has released four new animated safety explainer videos.
Teaming up with Next Day Animations, the DNR hopes that the videos will help reduce human-caused wildfires, as they grow larger and faster.
“We’re all in it together when it comes to wildfire. That’s why I’m thrilled to share these videos about how to be better prepared for wildfires, and how to be one less spark,” said Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz. “In recent years, our investments have paid off and we’ve kept more than 95% of our fires to less than 10 acres, but humans still cause 90% of wildfires. We want to offer tools and knowledge to communities to help them stay safe as our fire seasons grow longer and hotter.”
The four-part wildfire prevention videos cover the following topics: burning safety, equipment safety, campfire safety and wildfire ready neighbors.
“We’re excited to provide our communities with better and more entertaining information on how to completely put out campfires, how to burn outdoors safely, how to use equipment safely as you work outdoors, and how you and your neighbors can prepare for wildfire,” said George Geissler, Washington State Forester. “We all have the responsibility to protect our homes and businesses from wildfires.”
Funding for these videos was provided by a State Fire Assistance special allocation from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The allocation was part of an effort to support community wildfire preparedness and reduce the risk of human-caused wildfire ignitions.
The videos can be found on Washington State DNR’s YouTube channel.
