Port Angeles Fire Chief Ken Dubuc will teach home gardeners how to make their landscapes more fire resistant from noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, in the county commissioners meeting room of the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

This presentation is a part of the Green Thumb Garden Tips brown bag series sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners.

Dubuc will explain how home owners can plant and maintain vegetation to help increase fire resistance.

Dubuc said, “The current drought and weather conditions in the county are unprecedented.

“The fire danger also is unprecedented and folks really need to be aware of the things that they can do to help mitigate the risk of wildfire spread.

“A huge part of that is directly related to how people maintain their property.”

Dubuc started his fire service career in 1978 as a wildland firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service. He became a resident firefighter while attending the University of California at Davis. He continued his fire service career as a captain at the Skywalker Ranch Fire Department in northern California.

He then accepted a position with the Vancouver Fire Department. He left Vancouver to become the assistant chief/fire marshal in Port Angeles, where he has been for the past 15 years.

He was appointed Port Angeles fire chief in May 2013.

The Green Thumb Garden Tips lecture series, held on the second and fourth Thursday of each month, provides home gardeners with education on gardening topics relevant to planting and maintaining sustainable gardens and landscapes in Clallam County.

Attendees may bring a lunch. The presentations are free and open to the public.

However, donations to help offset copying costs for handouts are accepted. For more information, call 417-2279.