Hi ,
I'm Jerry Clark . I'm the regional
forester for Navy Region
Northwest .
What we're doing here today is working
on a fire hazard reduction project .
This will create a shaded
buffer or a shaded fuel break .
The way we do that is by mowing down
the brush and pruning the trees up so
that the the trees can grow larger
crowns and create a shaded area where
there's , uh , less fuel on the ground
to be burned . It's important to
maintain a shaded buffer so that a fire
fighting crew can get to the fire that
that may start along the road early
and be able to control it quickly .
This is important for the Navy and Navy
bases because we have a lot of forests
on our bases and in the event of a fire ,
a shaded buffer road , UM ,
allows for safer egress from the base .
The Navy is committed to helping and
doing our part in reducing fire hazards
and fire risk within the region .