Reminder: East Mountain Homeowner Fire Insurance Threat

The East Mountain Wildfire Preparedness Association (EMWPA) will have staff from the NM State Bureau of Insurance talk about the potential threat to fire insurability of rural NM homes. The meeting is scheduled from 9AM until possibly noon on Saturday, February 7 th at Los Vecinos Community Center (2 nd floor). Los Vecinos is across the street from the Tijeras Library. Seating is somewhat limited (can accommodate ~75 people). We will be set up by 8:30AM and coffee will be available as will bathrooms. You may quietly leave early should you need to do so. 

Should you prefer to listen via Zoom, please send a request for the “insurance talk link” to John at EMWPA.2023@gmail.com. The link will be sent to your email this coming Friday. You will be allowed to ask questions during the Zoom call. You do have to download the Zoom application to connect to the call (no charge). For questions, please call Jim Kelley @ 505/239-8552. This discussion will be recorded and a link will be provided to all in the EMWPA email directory and to those that request a Zoom link. 

EMWPA is providing Paa-Ko Communities with funding for our follow-up Neighbor-Helping- Neighbor forest fuel reduction activity that will target residents that are unable to remove burnable material from their lot because of age, illness or financial position. You will read about our initial help-day with Team Rubicon assistance in the next Stroll magazine.