The Currituck Club is a planned unit development (PUD) community consisting of single family lots and residences, multi-family parcels, recreational and supportive facilities, and includes commercial parcels as well as, an eighteen-hole golf course.

The Club is located on the Currituck County Outer Banks of North Carolina, near the village of Corolla, and is situated on approximately 660 acres of land that was originally part of the historic Currituck Shooting Club property. It is bordered on the north by Currituck County property, on the south by an Audubon Refuge, on the west by State Highway 12, and on the east by the Currituck Sound.

The Community has good water resources, regularly spaced pressurized fire hydrants, lawn irrigation systems on residential lots and a well-maintained golf course with ample water supply and retention ponds throughout the community.

The closest fire department is Corolla Fire & Rescue (Currituck County Station 6) which maintains two stations, each within 5 miles of The Currituck Club and was recently given a rating of 6 by the State Insurance Commissioner’s office.

Trees are primarily live oak and loblolly pine. Sand dune grass and marsh grass are abundant resulting in a fuel load which is light, flashy and very flammable yielding a fast spread rate and intense flame front potential.

All property owners/residents of The Currituck Club are members of The Currituck Club Property Owners Association, which is governed by a Board of Directors. The board is responsible for the promotion of the health, safety and welfare of the association members and residents of the community. Inherent in those responsibilities is the identification and mitigation of risks of property damage or destruction by wildfire, since the community is located directly within what is defined as a Wildland/Urban Interface (WUI) environment.

While wildfire has not yet seriously impacted the community, property owners nonetheless recognize the risks and have sought out ways to increase the safety for themselves and their homes. After a Firewise presentation to the Property Owners Association Board by N.C. Division of Forest Resources and local fire department officials a community task force was appointed early in 2007. The Currituck Club Firewise Task Force familiarized itself with the Firewise Communities USA principles and conducted a community-wide Firewise assessment in June 2007.

The task force then established Firewise assessment/mitigation and action plans, conducted a two-week Firewise cleanup campaign and made several presentations to the Property Owners Association and members. In addition, the community's first annual Firewise Day was celebrated in October 2007.

Each of these activities was supported by personnel, materials and equipment from the local fire department and N.C. Division of Forest Resources. Per capita contributions to Firewise initiatives exceeded $4,000 in 2007.

Other actions, include completion of Firewise assessments for all commercial and golf club properties and ensuring that community architectural guidelines are in accordance with Firewise principles are also planned. Additional objectives include improving emergency vehicle egress on the north end of the property and providing individual property owners with personal Firewise Assessments.

Joint meetings with property owners adjacent to the Club properties will be conducted regarding the Firewise initiatives and how they can assist with mitigation efforts.

The Task Force will continue its communications/educational activities within the Association membership and work to improve infrastructure to provide for fast/efficient wildfire response within the community (for instance, a wildfire evacuation plan has been developed). The Task Force will also implement prioritized action items aimed at minimizing the risks of injury or damage should a wildfire occur.

Results of these actions will be reported regularly to the Property Owners Association to ensure accountability and progress of The Currituck Club Firewise Task Force.

The Currituck Club is proud to be the eighth community within the state to achieve Firewise Communities USA status (in October 2007) and is equally proud that it is the first on the North Carolina Outer Banks, the first in Currituck County, and the first in northeastern North Carolina to do so.