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OGDEN, Utah (AP) -- Some Utah communities are taking steps to prevent wildfires before having to fight them.
But state officials say wildfire resistance plans are hard to start because of the work and money involved. And federal funding for fire-prevention education is down considerably.
Tyre Holfeltz, director of community fire planning for the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, says there are 127 communities with official community fire plans in Utah.
Holfeltz says the state doesn't provide money for community fire-prevention programs but thinks it would be a good investment. He says it costs much less to take some steps to prevent a fire than it costs to extinguish one.
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Information from: Standard-Examiner
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