Fire Adapted Community
Trout Lake (FACT)

Fire Adapted Community Trout Lake (FACT) is a community-led group that strives to increase local knowledge about wildfire risk and preparedness, and to organize projects that mitigate Trout Lake’s fire risk.

Get involved!

• Join the FACT mailing list to receive monthly newsletters. Contact Sarah Allaben at 440-497-8224
  or sarah@mtadamsstewards.org

• Sign up for a free home wildfire risk assessment (sign up link)

• Read the Trout Lake Wildfire Risk Assessment and Action Plan (download here)
  

Spring chipping program

FACT, in partnership with Mt. Adams Resource Stewards, is once again offering a free mobile chipping program to the Trout Lake Valley. This service helps people reduce wildfire hazards on their properties by disposing of small trees, limbs, and brush. The crew and chipper will be in town on May 19-20 and June 9-11.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR SPRING 2025 CHIPPING!

NEW! Evacuation map and emergency preparedness brochure:

• Physical copies are available at the hardware store, general store, and gas station/cafe! Check out the digital version by clicking here.
  

Past FACT newsletters:

• March 2025 - “Good Fire” on the Mt. Adams Landscape

• February 2025 - Free Chipping Services this Spring

• January 2025 - Los Angeles Fires

• December 2024 - FACT’s Last-Minute Holiday Gift Guide

• November 2024 - Retrofitting Homes for Wildfire Resistance

• October 2024 - Williams Mine Fire Recap

• August 2024 - Wildfire Management Terminology

• July 2024 - Klickitat County Emergency Management

• June 2024 - Wildfire and Home Insurance

• April 2024 - Emergency Preparedness and Evacuation

• March 2024 - Free Chipping Services this Spring

• February 2024 - Pile Burning Best Practices

• January 2024 - Firewise USA Program in Trout Lake

• November 2023 – The Mt. Adams Prescribed Burn Association

• September 2023 – A Call for Projects and Input

• August 2023 – Trout Lake Wildfire Resilience Zones

• July 2023 – Tunnel 5 Fire: What to Know & Learn

• June 2023 – Community Defense via Shaded Fuel Breaks

• May 2023 – Wildfire Mitigation From Your Front Door

• April 2023 – Good Fire on the Mt. Adams Landscape

• March 2023 – Notes from the Trout Lake Fire Department

• February 2023 – Free Mobile Chipping this Spring

• January 2023 – Wildfire in Mt. Adams Country

Other resources:

• Trout Lake Firewise USA Community Risk Assessment & Action Plan

• Trout Lake Wildfire Mitigation Guide (includes list of local contractors, home hardening guidelines, “go bag” checklist, financial resources, etc.)

• Trout Lake Emergency Handbook (from Trout Lake Community Council)

  • PDF print version
    

The FACT committee consists of Bob Jolley (Trout Lake Fire Commissioner); Jim White (retired silviculturist and MARS board member); Sharon Frazey (Washington DNR); Daina Bambe (Trout Lake Community Council); Jim Lambert (Trout Lake Community Council); Glenn Bredfeldt (Community Member); Dennis Hill (Community Member); and Tom Reynolds (MARS board member).

FACT divides Trout Lake into 13 “neighborhoods” facing similar wildfire risks for planning and program administration.