The National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Firewise® Communities Program announced that a 700th community has earned recognition as a Firewise Communities/USA site. Robin Hood Loop in Forks, Wash. is the latest neighborhood to take action to improve residents’ safety from threats posed by brush, grass and forest fires.

Initiated in 2002 with 12 pilot neighborhoods, the national Firewise Communities/USA® Recognition Program now boasts active member communities in 40 states, as well as a participation retention rate of 80% over the past decade.

Robin Hood Loop is a five-acre community nestled in a heavily forested and actively harvested setting adjacent to private timberlands. The closed canopy of Douglas fir, western hemlock, western red cedar, red alder and big leaf maple makes the community especially vulnerable to wildfires that may spread through tree-tops. There are also substantial loads of dense brush and downed forest material that can act as tinder for wildfire.

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