It's been an exciting time the last several weeks watching communities renew their commitment to wildfire safety by updating their Firewise status. We're still crunching numbers, but it looks like we are retaining at least 85% of all communities active in the program (as we did in 2008). The program has grown quite a bit and we're nearer now to 600 active communities, just after announcing that we broke the 500-community mark.Thought I'd share this blog from a community just down the road from the Firewise offices at the National Fire Protection Association headquarters in Quincy, Massachusetts. People who live in Firewise communities find more creative and exciting ways to deal with wildfire risks every year, and they have fun doing it! I'll keep you posted on growth as we wend our way through 2010.