When Jean and Michael Blaisdell returned to their home after being evacuated during the Hayman fire in 2002, the cacophony of chainsaws became the soundtrack of the summer.

That's when the Blaisdells and other residents in Ridgewood, a private subdivision in the forest north of Woodland Park, began to take seriously the threat of wildfires - and the measures that could help save their properties.

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