Boulder County homeowners get help protecting against wildfire [Video]

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — This December will mark three years since the Marshall Fire burned thousands of acres and hundreds of homes. While communities are still rebuilding from the fire, others are building against future fires.

For the past three weeks, a group of volunteers from Mile High Youth Corps has been stationed at the Sans Souci mobile home park south of Boulder. Crew lead Alicia Harris-Smith said their task was to complete fire mitigation work around the community.

“We’re working on defensible spaces for homes,” Harris-Smith said. “So making non-combustible gravel barriers to protect the home from catching embers from wildfires, … preventing it from spreading throughout the home instead of on the ground.”

In addition to gravel barriers, Harris-Smith said, the team has raked leaves and pulled weeds. …