SignalsAZ.com Prescott News Podcast - Prescott's Mayor Goode Addresses September Events and Prescott's Ties to the Revolutionary War

Episode Date: August 1, 2025

Send us a text and chime in!Prescott's Mayor Goode, in his September 1 letter, discusses local events coming up in September, along with the Prescott family's connection to the American Revolution. As we say goodbye to summer in Prescott, the list of events is still robust, as event organizers take advantage of our mild fall weather. Here is a sampling of just some beloved September events in our great City. Yavapai County Fair takes place September 4-7 at the Prescott Rodeo Grounds. This event dates back to 1913 and features fun for the entire family with children's activities, entertainment, music, rides, vendors, agricultural exhibits and a... For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/prescotts-mayor-goode-addresses-september-events-and-prescotts-ties-to-the-revolutionary-war/Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Text to Speech Audio Articles made possible by Cast 11 Talking Glass Media. Prescott's Mayor Good, in his April 1st letter, discusses preparing for wildfire season by safeguarding your home against Embers, staying informed through credible sources, and having an emergency plan, including power outage preparations and evacuation readiness. It is time to start thinking about wildfire season in our area. With the late spring and early summer months comes generally drier weather and an increased wildfire threat. Wildfire is the greatest natural disaster threat our community faces. We need to prepare our homes and businesses, and we also need to know how to respond in the event of a fire. That includes getting emergency information from a credible source. The city and area cooperators are preparing for peak

wildfire season, but please remember that wildfire preparedness starts with you. Protecting your home from wildfire. Protect your home by improving its safety or hardening against the threat of falling embers. 80% of the homes destroyed in a wildfire are from the embers landing on and near the home. Make sure your roof is clear of debris like pine needles and leaves. Clean out rain gutters and remove any combustible materials within five feet of your home. This includes bushes, tree branches, stacked wood, lumber, and mulch. Inspect the gable vents on your house. If you have mesh screens behind the vents that are one quarter of an inch,

you can install one-eighth mesh screens, which help prevent embers from entering your attic. Mature trees on your property should have their lower branches removed to a height of six feet. Canopies between trees should have gaps of 10 to 15 feet if they are within 30 feet of your house. The city of Prescott's forestry crew will come and chip up any branches you cut. They perform chipping on Fridays in the service is free to Prescott homeowners removing vegetation around their home. The city also provides free dumping of vegetation at the city of Prescott Transfer Station every Saturday in April. That can help get rid of materials that the crew will not be able to be able to be able to be. be able to chip, such as leaves, pine needles, cacti, or root balls. More guidance on

defensible space improvements can be found at Prescottfire.org. Here, you can also request an on-site visit from our wildfire risk manager for even more help. Preparing for power outages. Another way to be prepared is to be ready for power outages. Our energy provider, APS, works with emergency managers, first responders, and firefighters in our community to help prevent, reduce, and respond to wildfires. One tool APS may implement this summer as a public safety power shutoff, or PSPS. Public safety power shutoffs are only to be used in severe fire conditions and would impact a limited number of residents in high fire risk communities. If fire risk conditions increase to the level where a PSPS might be necessary, APS will provide advance notification to impacted

customers. APS encourages customers to make sure their account information on APS.com slash login is to date to receive alerts. Prepare your home with flashlights and non-perishable foods, and have a backup power source for sensitive medications and other perishables. Go to yavapayas.gov slash ready for more information and to sign up for our county's emergency alert system. Here, you will also find tips on preparing for a power outage and how to stay up to date on PSPS outages. Staying informed on fires and evacuations. Finally, it is critical that citizens get early and accurate information on fires and evacuations. Register with the county at alert Yavapai for notifications. Additionally, install the genesis protect app on your phone or mobile devices.

This is a relatively new system that the city and the county use for managing evacuation notification. This is interactive, so you can look at a map and know which areas are being evacuated and get information on Red Cross Centers and Animal Shelters. Please use trusted sources like these, as social media can snowball with distorted or inaccurate information. a go bag ready in case you have to evacuate and make sure you have a plan for your pets. Prepare for the upcoming fire season now, and don't wait until the last minute. Please join your neighbors and invest in our community's safety. Thanks to Wildfire Risk Manager Conrad Jackson for his contributions to this letter.

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