ICMA's Public Safety Program Excellence Award in Memory of William H. Hansell, Sr., and Alice Hansell, is awarded to a local government and its chief administrator for the most creative public safety program. In 2004, ICMA presented the award in the 10,000-to-49,999 population category to the county of Los Alamos, New Mexico, and to Max H. Baker, deputy county administrator for the county's Defensible Space project. This article describes the comprehensive mitigation program for property owners in the event of another major wildfire. Learn more about ICMA's Annual Awards program.