OUR GOAL 

Rotary Wildfire Ready is a community-based project designed to increase wildfire awareness and help make our mountain communities safer from the threat of wildfire.  Our goal is to help our mountain communities become fire-adapted with residents who are knowledgable, engaged and prepared for wildfire.  
Rotary Wildfire Ready is funded through the Evergreen Rotary Foundation which is a 
​501(3)(C) Colorado nonprofit and affiliated with a working group comprised of local Rotary Clubs, local Fire Department Representatives and Community Leaders from Evergreen, Conifer, Genesee and Bailey, Colorado.  

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OUR PARTNERS 

Elk Creek Fire Department 

Wildland Fire Team at  Elk Creek Fire Department and helps provide oversight on all materials and educational plans developed by Rotary Wildfire Ready. 

Elk Creek Fire Department

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Evergreen Fire Rescue 

Wildland Fire Team at  Evergreen Fire Rescue provides content oversight on all materials and educational plans  developed by Rotary Wildfire Ready.   The Wildland Team also has representatives on the Rotary Wildfire Ready Safety Team.  

Evergreen Fire Rescue

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The Evergreen Rotary Foundation 

The Evergreen Rotary Foundation services as fiscal sponsor providing administration support and allowing us to use its 501(3)(c) status so that all contributions are tax deductible.  

Evergreen Rotary Foundation

Fire Adapted Colorado

Fire Adapted Colorado

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Foothills Fire Department 

Foothills Fire Department

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Genesee Fire Rescue 

The Wildland Specialist from Genesee Fire Rescue is a representative on the Rotary Wildfire Ready Safety Team.  

Genesee Fire Rescue

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Inter-Canyon Fire Department 

Inter-Canyon Fire Department

ROTARY WILDFIRE READY
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

Amy Deuble

​Leadership Council:  Rotary Wildfire Ready
Member :  Rotary Wildfire Ready Education Team  

Leadership Team :  Evergreen Ambassador Program 
Wildfire Education Team Leader:  Bear Mountain & Stanley Vista CWPIP 

Cindy Latham 

Founder & Chairperson -  Rotary Wildfire Ready Program
Leader - Rotary Wildfire Ready Education Committee
​Leadership Council:  Rotary Wildfire Ready  

Member  : Rotary Club of Evergreen 
Leadership Team : Evergreen Ambassador Program
Jefferson County Wildfire Risk Reduction Task Force.  
Board Member :  Wildfire Prepared Home Assessment Program 
​Member of Fire Adapted Community and Fire Adapted Colorado.  

John Putt 

Leader - Rotary Wildfire Ready Safety Committee
​Leadership Council:  Rotary Wildfire Ready 

Member - Rotary Club of Evergreen 
Former Paramedic & Firefighter - Denver & San Francisco Fire Departments 
Board Member :  Wildfire Prepared Home Assessment Program 
Volunteer:   CDPE, Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response Division 
​Volunteer:  Colorado DHS Office of Emergency Management 

Laurie Romberg

Leadership Council:  Rotary Wildfire Ready
​Member:   Rotary Wildfire Ready Education Team 

Creative Director/Designer:  Rotary Wildfire Ready 
Member - Rotary Club of Evergreen ​

Marianne Temple 

Leadership Council:  Rotary Wildfire Ready

President (2021/2022) - Rotary Club of Evergreen  
Board Member:  Evergreen Rotary Foundation 
​Board Member:  Rotary Club of Evergreen 

Ben Yellin
​Wildland Fire Captain - Elk Creek Fire Department  

Leadership Council:  Rotary Wildfire Ready

​Wildland Hotshot, Helitack and Engine Crew - US Forest Service & National Forest Service 
​Wildfire Specialist - Boulder County
Associate Planner - Wildfire Planning International 
​Member of Fire Adapted Community and Fire Adapted Colorado

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