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The Willard Peak Fire underscores the fire risks in North Ogden's mountain neighborhoods.

North View Fire District Deputy Chief Ryan Barker emphasizes the need for a balance between growth and properly addressing fire risks.

North Ogden city officials this week discussed the area fire preparedness plan.

NORTH OGDEN — The recent Willard Peak Fire in North Ogden underscores the fire risks associated with development on mountains and in buffer zones where housing gives way to wildlands.

The blaze serves as a reminder "that as we keep building up the mountain, it's harder and it's more difficult to get fire apparatus up to the fire," said Ryan Barker, deputy chief of North View Fire District, which serves North Ogden, Pleasant View and Harri

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