FSI Events & Signup

FSI Events & Project Signup

Fall Slash Event

Saturday September 27, 2025

8:30-Noon

Time to start planning your fuels mitigation efforts leading up to the FSI Community Slash Event. Labor Day is a good time to begin your mitigation efforts.

According to Jefferson County: "MPB (Mountain Pine Beetle) activity is increasing within Jefferson County and along the Front Range. Within Jefferson County, MPB is a regulated pest. Landowners need to inspect their forests and control MPB whenever it is found. Additionally, logs containing live MPB must not be moved until they are debarked or solar treated."

To avoid "calling" the pests, plan your tree dropping and/or trimming so the slash doesn't lay on the ground for more than a couple of weeks prior to the FSI Slash event. Cutting up to one month prior to our events would be optimal. If you are planning large scale thinning, we can help you with project planning, sawyer/vendor recommendations and put your property on our list for FSI volunteers to load and haul your slash at one of our twice yearly community slash events.

HIZ Assessment & Training Request

Home Ignition Zone (HIZ) Assessment & Training

Assessments and private training sessions for homeowners are offered throughout the season (April - October) upon request. The Home Ignition Zone includes your home and Zones 1 (first 5 feet around home), Zone 2 (5 to 30 feet) and Zone 3 (30 to 100 feet). Residents will get experienced advice and learn how to give their home a fighting chance to survive a wildfire, by "hardening" their home against an ember storm and completing vegetative fuel mitigation around the structure. Schedule a training for your family and learn to "Think Like an Ember!"

Request Assessment

Bugs-N-Crud

The Bugs-N-Crud team is in transition and needs to re-establish its team of volunteer beetle inspections. Please confirm your continued participation with Loretta Simms.

Our forestry consultant, Bruce Benninghoff, has led the training of the team and is commonly and tirelessly on hand to help diagnose sick trees. Look for more detailed information on findings and check out the Education Materials tab for additional information what what the team has found through their site visits to some properties in the community.