Bent Tree Safety & Emergency Management

06/02/2026

BENT TREE FIRE DEPARTMENT - HOME FIRE SAFETY INSPECTIONS

Our team is pleased to announce that we now offer complete home fire safety inspections to Bent Tree residents! Inspections include assessments of home exteriors and the 30-foot ignition zone around home perimeters. These assessments will include recommendations of potential fuels to remove and basic maintenance actions to protect your home from wildfire. During interior inspections, fire extinguishers, smoke alarms, egress paths, electrical safety, and many more items will be assessed with recommendations and other fire safety information provided to the residents involved.

The information gathered by our department during these inspections will also allow us to create pre-fire plans for homes to help guide our response actions during structure fires. Please email [email protected] or [email protected] if you would like to schedule an inspection. Although email is preferable, you may also contact us at 770-893-2628.

Below is a link to our fillable Residential Pre Incident Survey form, which will be completed during inspections. Residents who do not wish to schedule an inspection may complete the form themselves and return to us. There are places on the form to insert exterior photos of each side of your home, digital floorplans, and any special photos, such as Propane tank locations or accessibility problems. There is also a checklist included for both the Firewise survey and general fire safety questions. This information will be kept confidential and will aid us in our fire response planning and maintaining our ISO rating.

06/02/2026

05/27/2026

LOOK OUT FOR BABY DEER!
You will soon start seeing baby deer throughout the community. Baby deer (fawns) are frequently left by themselves, sometimes in strange places. Here is some info and basic guidance if you see one alone and are concerned:

1. Mother deer leave fawns alone while they go find food. Sometimes you will see the mother nearby but not always. Fawns may be left alone for several hours. Don’t assume that a fawn left alone has been abandoned. Fawns generally lay down and wait for their mother to return but can walk.

2. If you see a fawn by itself and it is in a safe area (woods, yard, etc.), simply stay away from it and NEVER TOUCH IT. By going near the fawn, you can potentially scare the mother away and prevent or delay them from being reunited. You can notify our team of the fawn, and we will be happy to recheck the area after several hours have passed.

3. If you see a fawn in a dangerous area, like very close to a road or under a vehicle, please notify us immediately at 770-893-2628. We will respond to determine if further actions are needed.

4. Bear cubs and fawns are very active right now, so please follow our speed limit of 20 MPH and WATCH OUT FOR THEM. Wildlife activity is very heavy on Bent Tree Drive as well, so safe driving should not cease when you leave our community. Paying close attention to the road ahead is very important.

05/24/2026

If you spot wild hogs in Bent Tree, please notify our team without delay at 770-893-2628. We are taking actions to mitigate the damage being caused. We will need a description of where the sighting occurred, including the nearest address if possible. Thank you.

05/24/2026

05/22/2026

CPR / FIRST AID CERTIFICATION COURSE FOR RESIDENTS

The first community CPR / First Aid course organized by Bent Tree Public Safety was held last Saturday. Congratulations to the five residents who successfully completed the course and are now better prepared to recognize medical emergencies and take vital lifesaving actions! Those proactive residents are now officially certified by the American Heart Association in CPR, First Aid, and AED use for 2 years.

Based on the great reviews of the course and level of community interest, we are going to begin offering the course one Saturday each month from roughly 10:00AM – 2:00PM. Our goal will be to have approximately five residents in each course, as that number of participants worked out very well. The date of the next course is not determined yet, but it will be soon.

In case you missed the details of the first course, it lasts approximately 4 hours and includes hands-on training, a power point presentation, educational videos, and a very knowledgeable local instructor leading the way. The course will require some physical exertion such as doing chest compressions on manikans. However, it is generally not considered to be a physically strenuous course.

The cost of the course is $100 cash per person, which will be payable directly to the instructor.

Anyone who wishes to participate should email [email protected] as soon as you can. Please send me your full name, personal email address, and note any Saturdays that you will not be available over the next couple months.

The skills you will learn at this course could save someone’s life, so we hope to continue having a great response.

05/21/2026

SPEEDING & GUEST ACCESS
Bent Tree Safety & Emergency Management’s top priority is the safety of our great community. That is why we take speeding very seriously. Speeding on our often narrow, mountainous roads leads to accidents, injuries, and collisions with pedestrians and animals. Bears and their cubs have been seen throughout the community, and baby deer will soon be everywhere too. We need everyone, including guests, to follow our speed limit and be very attentive.

Our team will continue utilizing the speed trailer along with handheld lasers to enforce speed in ALL SECTIONS of Bent Tree. Unfortunately, nearly half of speeding citations issued in 2026 have been to normal (non contractor) guests and some of these citations have been for speeds up to 50MPH. Driving behaviors like that will result in serious accidents and collisions with wildlife.

We kindly ask residents to be very careful about who you allow into our community, as you are ultimately responsible for their conduct. Please take time to talk with guests about our speed limit, and ensure they will properly respect the safety and rules of Bent Tree.

05/15/2026

This was sent out via email alert a short time ago. The subject line of the email accidentally was “Spillway Closed”. The spillway is open.