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hello hello hello hello peeps uh happy to say  hello to all of our fellow pickle peeps out   there this is Diana Randall bro she’s pickle  lady I am and I’m coming to you live from our   beautiful little mountain BG yeah isn’t that  a cute name ber yeah also town here in the   mountains of Prescot Arizona say studio for  our studio well we also are studio in the bur   we also are in our special studio in the bur it’s  a Burg Studio we have our own Green Room in our   house that where we shoot all this great stuff  for you guys that’s right so uh something we (00:38) wanted to talk to you about quite serious is fire  preparedness fire preparedness um obviously this   is a topic that’s very important uh and to a lot  of folks out there especially those poor uh Souls   out in California who have been subjected to the  terrible tragedy of all the fires out there yeah   absolutely now now we’ve talked about fire before  fire preparedness prevention uh the firefighters   we we’ve talked about fire a lot we get a lot of  questions about fire I guess for obvious reasons (01:10) but we thought important it’s important we thought  we just reiterate just because now fire is kind of   top of mine so we thought we just uh recap some of  the stuff that we’ve set before definitely so one   good thing about our little town is uh we are very  uh Progressive in treatment of potential fire risk   and things like that proactive we are extremely  proactive Progressive has come to mean a whole lot   of things so well true well you know everything  has come to mean a whole lot of other things you (01:40) know what I mean we are we are in other words  we’re on the ball we’re proactive uh we don’t   fool around our budget is there uh it’s never cut  no um we stick to the budget we our mayor’s great   about making sure the the policies are in place  and follow through more importantly um so we   have never we’ve lived here what eight and a half  years yeah never ever have we even come close nor   have we been required to evacuate uh because of  the preparedness that our town has in the preset   is sort of firefighting Central it it really is so  the a lot of the uh well most of the firefighting (02:26) capability comes out of preset so the the airport  here is where they launch all the firefighting uh   Aviation uh you’ll see when there’s a fire going  on somewhere they planes taken off constantly they   fight everything all the way up into Flagstaff all  the way down into the valley close to Phoenix and   everything in between uh so the firefighters this  is where most of them live because this is where   where they’re coming out of and so a lot of pride  in fire firefighting fire prevention here very (03:00) much honor our firemen and appreciate all that  they do so a lot of folks who move here and brand   new will be especially in the spring sometimes in  the fall they’ll say oh there’s a fire there’s a   fire it is just uh control burns control burns  thank you you took the words right out of my   mouth control burns it’s just control burns which  is believe control burns here now in some areas uh   you know people don’t like control burns or raking  the undergrowth or whatever uh because they want   to be natural what you need to understand is  nature has a way of removing the undergrowth (03:35) it’s called fire right uh it’s very natural for  fires to occur uh very natural for Forest to   burn it’s been going on for thousands millions  of years uh you know the the homes that burn   in California from Nature’s point of view that’s  just undergrowth right it’s just but that’s what   nature does so if you don’t want homes to burn  um you can’t go 100% now natural you you have   to manage the forest and so we are very good about  managing all of that um and so we will have these   prescribed Burns do not panic every now and then  if you see some black clouds and smoke it is our (04:14) fire department doing their job and protecting  our little town um also we have two reservoirs   here Watson Lake and Willow Lake and they are  never run dry no uh they’re always pretty full   and that is where a lot of our water is pull cold  during during the firefighting so you’ll see like   the big Chinook helicopters hovering over Willow  Lake sucking water up it’s kind of cool it’s kind   of cool watch it’s actually kind of cool to watch  uh the process in place so you never have to worry   very rarely uh unless we just don’t have a lot  of rain or snowfall does it really get super low (04:50) um it’s pretty uh pumped up and active you know  so it’s it’s all good we have good water source   to fight fires yeah the other good thing here is  our fire department ments are always open ready   willing able give them a call they’ll come to your  home and tell you how to protect your own home and   how to be in the best firewise position so they’ll  come out and tell you this tree has to go too   close to the house they’ll give you the parameters  they’ll walk you through it free of charge so it’s (05:22) a great program and everyone should utilize it  especially if you’re living closer to some of   the trees and things like that they’re happy to  do it it’s part of their job willing to do it and   everyone should really take advantage of it the  other thing you should be aware of is so far so   good we have not had a lot of um cancellations  for fire Insurance here we are not required to   have separate fire insurance as in other areas  um yet so so far so good you don’t have to carry   a separate fire Insurance uh there might be  especially after what’s happening California (06:01) maybe some changes in rates but so far so good for  people living here I mean nothing has changed here   so yes and the fire insurance if you want it it is  available right um most of the fires that our guys   are putting out here in Prescot or in the forests  in the mountains and stuff like that it you know   basically never gets close to the city proper no  and when there are fires within the city itself   they are on it and immediately immediately so uh  living here eight and a half years never had to (06:34) be evacuated never even came close thank goodness  so uh just wanted to share that with you guys if   you’re very concerned about the safety of our  little town here and fires you pretty much are   are are going to be okay um so nothing to number  a number of people displaced looking for a place   to go uh other people are kind of opting out and  looking for a place to go we know you don’t want   to go from fires to fires absolutely so just want  to make it clear that you won’t have those kind   of problems we don’t have those issues here and uh  we’re on it we’re on it people um any of the fires (07:13) that you have heard about in Arizona usually from  our town are about an hour out yeah there really   are in desolate desolate areas far away and maybe  it’s from a lightning strike or spark or something   like that um but they’re right on it and take  care of of it have never had major issues in the   town proper so if you are concerned about that and  wondering where can I land next where should I go   we just wanted to let everyone out there know give  you peace of mind if you come here you’re going (07:46) to be okay we’re we’re we’re on it and so to all  of our folks out in California our hearts go out   to you uh we wish you nothing but the best as you  try to rebuild and we hope the best for all of you   and uh anyway we just wanted to give you a big  virtual hug wherever you are and uh we hope that   uh you land on your feet soon so this is Rand and  Dian bro coming to you here from Prescot Arizona   if you need anything you can refer to our website  yeah best place to go is pickle 411.com that is (08:20) our free information site whether you are a buyer  seller or somewhere in between there’s something   there that’s waiting for you that will Amaze  Astound entertain and in form there you go so   come see us come see what we’re all about take  care and have a great rest of your day bye bye