East County Regional Library Receives Videos on Protecting Homes from Wildfires

FORT MYERS, Fla., May 12, 2006 – The Florida Division of Forestry has donated several videos aimed at protecting homes from wildfires to the East County Regional Library.

Four copies of the video, “Wildfire: preventing home ignitions” are now available for check out. (Click the link to see the item listed in our catalog.)

The video details how a wildfire can ignite homes. The ignition zone is the home itself and its immediate surroundings. It includes ways to increase this zone's resistance to fire.

The Florida Division of Forestry uses the Firewise Communities program to educate homeowners and community professionals about creating defensible space around their homes, helping to protect them from the dangers of wildfire. More information on the Firewise Communities program is available online at http://www.fl-dof.com/wildfire/fire_mitigation_index.html

Library materials may be checked out from any Lee County Library System location. Items may be reserved online or by phone. Click “catalog search” from the Lee County Library System’s home page at www.www3.leegov.com/library or call the library system at 479-INFO (4636). You will need your Lee County Library System library card.

The East County Regional Library is located at 881 Gunnery Road in Lehigh Acres and is one of 11 libraries in the Lee County Library System.

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