Dead trees= fire danger.

Check out this diagram that has been provided by Firewise.

Clearing out dead brush and flammable material from around a structure is crucial to fire prevention. Although some of these practices don’t require mechanical forestry mulching like what White Pine Forestry & Excavation offers, we can certainly get the outlying areas to meet the criteria of having your property be classified as “Firewise”.

One of the most applicable experiences that I have with this is the time that I spent with the Two Harbors Fire Department in the summer of 2021 working the Greenwood Fire just north of Two Harbors. Part of my roles and responsibilities on that fire was structure assessment.

I would have to go around to any of the structures that I was assigned to and mark out on a sheet whether that particular structure was classified as “defensible” or not. More or less, meaning could the fire department stay and fight the fire to save the structure if the wild fire were to encroach upon that structure. There was quite a bit of criteria on the sheets that I had to fill out, it wasn’t just a “best guess”. For the most part, every structure that I did an assessment on I could not classify as defensible.

Dead brush and heavy fuel load in conjunction with limited access for fire apparatus was a huge contributing factor into these structures to make them classified as non-defensible. Keep that in mind as you are working on your properties to make them Firewise if a wild fire were to ever come into your region.

Why choose us?

One of the classic sales techniques that is commonly used is the, “Why choose us?” line. Believe me, I’ve used it a thousand times while providing estimates or trying to sell something.

I always tend to choke up for a second and then something really generic comes out of my mouth like “We provide the highest quality service of anyone in the Arrowhead Region”.

K. Well, how?

White Pine Forestry & Excavation is a service that has been the rebirth of other business models that have been explored by myself, Ben, and Chad. We know that in the past, certain strategies and tactics just simply haven’t given us the competitive edge that we’ve needed to be the “highest quality service of anyone in the Arrowhead Region”.

Our equipment is reliable. Our focus is narrow (in a good way). We aren’t spreading ourselves thin so that when the customers project is up on the docket, that project gets 100 percent of our focus instead of trying to juggle 30 other projects at once.

We have trusted partners and resources that provide us with crucial and sustainable methods and information that allow us to make the best decisions for the customers property and situation. If White Pine isn’t the right fit, we are going to let you know.

So, why choose us? Well, its because we provide the highest quality of service to anyone in the Arrowhead Region.

Give us a call today and after your project is complete, you’ll see why.