Benewah County BeFireSafe is a collaborative effort supported by your local fire district, the Idaho Department of Lands and other agencies and concerned citizens. The program is funded by various grants in support of the National Fire Plan and it’s purpose is to implement Benewah County’s Wildland Urban Interface Fire Mitigation Plan.  The Program Manager is Steve Bloedel.

BeFireSafe has been in existence since 2005 and many landowners have worked with the program to create defensible space around their homes.  The BeFireSafe program is now taking this work to the next level by making efforts to protect communities in the wildland-urban interface.  Current projects include the creation of shaded fuel breaks that cross multiple ownerships.  Many of these fuel breaks will be along critical access roads within a community. These fuel breaks not only increase the chance of residents being able to leave an area safely, but also make it easier and safer for emergency personnel to do their jobs.  


Benewah County Contact Information:

Steven V. Bloedel
BeFireSafe Program Manager
c/o Inland Forest Management
P.O. Box 1966
Sandpoint, ID 83864
(208) 582-3243 (project manager) or
(208) 263-9420 (sandpoint office)
Email: steveb@inlandforest.com