WEATHERWATCH
Sessions about preparing for wildfire, evacuations to be held in June
by Katherine Nowicki
The Tamarack Fire rages, threatening homes last summer. It burned over 68,000 acres in Nevada’s Douglas and Lyon Counties, and California’s Alpine County. (Photo: Estelle Whalen)
RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) —

There will be two "Preparing for Wildfire and Evacuation" sessions as part of the Nevada Wildfire Awareness Campaign available to the public in June as part of the Nevada Wildfire Awareness Campaign. The first session will be on June 7 and the second will be on June 16.

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“We have to be realistic,” said Christina Restaino, assistant professor and Living With Fire Program director. “We know we are going to have wildfires in Nevada this summer, and that evacuations will be necessary. It’s not a matter of ‘if,’ it’s just a matter of when and where.”

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