Northern Arizona University researchers and other area scientists from the northern part of the state recently published a how-to guide to help residents navigate the aftermath of devastating fires and floods.
The guidebook is titled After Wildfire: A Guide for Arizona communities.
Molly McCormick is the program manager for the Southwest Fire Science Consortium at NAU. She says the book is intended as a resource during when you might need it the most.
"It goes from as the fire’s burning, how to seek safety, what to do with animals and livestock. Where to find an emergency shelter," she said, and also after.
"Finding funding to recover. Navigating home insurance claims and then going to the post fire flooding that can happen."
It even goes into how to recover burned areas.
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As wildfires are burning across the country, Flagstaff officials are looking to prevent catastrophic damage from happening here. How do they do it? By cutting down trees. A lot of them. -
Thompson says the closure is scheduled to continue through the end of September. The Pocket Fire has burned more than 27,000 acres. -
Four firefighters died fighting a fire in western Mesa County in late June.
