(Press release and photos by the Town of Cave Creek)
Here we are, exactly one year after the local devastation experienced from the very large and scarry East Desert Wildland Fire. This fire started late on May 19
th and burned for several days impacting almost 1,500 acres of our Sonoran Desert and threatened numerous structures.
On this auspicious one-year anniversary, two very important things have happened here in the Cave Creek and the Foothills community. First, on the evening May 19
th, the Whispering Hills Community at 36
th Street and Carefree Highway was officially recognized by the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) as a certified Firewise/USA Community. This is a voluntary prevention program designed for individual communities that are located within Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas. This program aggressively (and legally) allows the individual developments to evaluate and put into place me