Firewise update

Written By Desirae Pierce

Protect What You Love: Bouldin Creek Takes the First Step Toward Becoming Firewise

On April 16th, more than 40 Bouldin Creek neighbors joined the Austin Fire Department’s Wildfire Division for a powerful and eye-opening Firewise meeting. With our neighborhood surrounded by four parks and increasing fire risks across Central Texas, this conversation couldn’t have come at a better time.

The message was clear: wildfires are no longer just a rural issue—they are a real threat to urban neighborhoods like ours. The good news? There are simple, actionable steps we can all take to reduce our risk. But we must act—now.

Here’s how to get started today:

• Visit wildfirecoalition.org/home.html

• Download the Ready, Set, Go! Action Guide

• Schedule a free Wildfire Risk Assessment with the Austin Fire Department

• Rally your neighbors and book a group visit—it’s more efficient and strengthens community preparedness

Appointments are currently booking about four weeks out, so don’t wait. This is a free, expert service that could protect your home, your pets, and your future.

Let’s get this ball rolling, Bouldin. The time to prepare is before a fire ever starts.

Desirae Pierce

Director of Breath and Body Yoga, E-RYT 500

Shining in ballet from the age of three, Desirae took a lead role in the Nutcracker by the age of six with the Fort Worth City Ballet Company. Through high school and college, she continued a path of competitive sports mixed with the arts. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, she followed a creative marketing path and in 1993 opened her own graphic design studio American Pie Design, Inc. Desirae discovered that yoga provided a counter to the stress of the corporate world. Traveling the country for major corporations, she experienced many yoga styles, but found Bikram Yoga, Baptiste Power Vinyasa, Anusara Yoga and  Bowspring styles provided a spiritual aspect, the missing puzzle piece to her life. In 2006, she opened Breath and Body Yoga on Burnet Road and in September of 2015 she opened the second location on Exposition in Austin, Texas. She established the leading 200 and 500-hour teacher training school in Austin plus produces online classes and yoga videos. The University of Texas’s Women’s Volleyball, Softball, Golf and Men’s Baseball and Women’s Basketball teams hire her to bring strength, flexibility, breath and alignment to their collegiate sports. At present she teaches, tours and trains, bringing a new dynamic to the practice where vinyasa flow meets alignment.

http://www.breathandbodyyoga.com
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