Fire Adapted Communities Press Releases

• Published on July 12, 2024 - 00:05 GMT

  

  Partners in the Movement for Good Fire: the Fire Learning Network and the Watershed Research and Training Center

  Editor’s note: The Fire Learning Network (FLN) and the Watershed Research and Training Center (WRTC) have been partners for close to 20 years. FLN is one of the Fire Networks, and WRTC is the umbrella organization for FAC Net. WRTC recently developed an …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on July 4, 2024 - 15:34 GMT

  

  The Past Isn’t Static: Fire History on the Fourth of July

  Editor’s note: Laurel Kays is the Manager of the Fire Learning Network. She lives and burns in North Carolina, including serving on the board of the North Carolina Prescribed Fire Council. In this blog, Laurel reflects on the writings, books, and people …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on June 28, 2024 - 06:03 GMT

  

  Youth Leadership in Fire Adaptation: the Wildfire Awareness Initiative

  Editor’s note: We need everyone to be involved in community fire adaptation efforts. Young people are making incredible strides to innovate, educate, and increase awareness in the movement for living better with fire. In this blog, high school students …

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• Published on June 21, 2024 - 01:09 GMT

  

  Embracing Trauma-Informed Care in Fire Resiliency Efforts

  Editor’s note: Amber J. Bosse, PhD is a facilitator and coach specializing in trauma-informed, community-centered methodologies. Through her consultancy, MapBosse Co., she offers workshops for local organizers, activists, and researchers working within …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on June 13, 2024 - 19:49 GMT

  

  “Neighboring”: An Antidote to the Separation of Our Fire Adaptation Efforts

  Editor’s note: David Burchfield is FAC Net’s Program Associate. Last September, David wrote a blog on the National Institute of Technology (NIST)’s Hazard Mitigation Methodology (HMM). In this follow-up piece, David reflects on how the social connections …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on June 6, 2024 - 21:27 GMT

  

  June Roundup: Safety and Evacuation Resources for Your Community

  Having safety and evacuation plans in place for your household and for your community are a critical step in being fire adapted. With summer quickly approaching, now is a great time to review these concepts and refresh awareness.  Below is a curated list …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on May 30, 2024 - 20:55 GMT

  

  “Futuring” Fire: Selected Authors on What Comes Next

  Every now and then, we take a look at the blog archives to understand the trends and patterns that might pop up over 10+ years of publishing practitioner stories each week. We noticed a fair amount of blog posts over the past two years or so that have …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on May 23, 2024 - 22:40 GMT

  

  Resources and Relationships for Local Capacity: A Conversation with Community Navigators

  Editor’s note: FAC Net’s backbone organization, The Watershed Research and Training Center, is one of several non profit organizations that are partnering with the U.S. Forest Service on a new “Community Navigator initiative” to better connect communities …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on May 16, 2024 - 21:05 GMT

  

  Barriers and Opportunities for Wilderness Fire in a Time of Change

  Editor’s note: Clare Boerigter is the Wilderness Fire Research Fellow at the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute (ALWRI). Clare is working with ALWRI research ecologist Dr. Sean Parks and collaborators on a multi-year project to investigate federal …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on May 9, 2024 - 18:25 GMT

  

  Fire Diplomacy: Creating Consensus and Sustaining Collective Action

  Editor’s note: This week, we are diving into the world of fire policy with a blog authored by Annie Schmidt (former FAC Net Policy and Partnerships Director) and Tyson Bertone-Riggs. Annie and Tyson were the staff co-leads for the congressionally-chartered …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on May 2, 2024 - 22:06 GMT

  

  Fire 101: Resources for Those New to Fire

  Editor’s note: Autumn Bjugstad is the Executive Coordinator for The Nature Conservancy’s North America Fire Team, an active group in stewarding the Fire Networks. In this blog, Autumn, who was brand new to fire before beginning her role, shares a variety …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on April 25, 2024 - 16:27 GMT

  

  Stories from Women-In-Fire Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (WTREX)

  Editor’s note: This week, our blog manager Annie Leverich is attending a Women-In-Fire Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (WTREX) in north-central Nebraska at the Niobrara Valley Preserve. WTREX, modeled after Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (TREX), are …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on April 18, 2024 - 18:24 GMT

  

  Resource Roundup: Wildfire Preparedness in Your Community

  Each year, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) hosts a campaign for Wildfire Community Preparedness Day on the first Saturday in May. This year, it falls on Saturday, May 4th, 2024. While this work is important to think about year-round, having …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on April 11, 2024 - 17:12 GMT

  

  Third Time’s the Charm: Burning at Cottonwood Gulch 

  Editor’s note: Carlos Saiz is the Southwest Fire and Fuels Coordinator for the Forest Stewards Guild. Sam Berry is the Guild’s Southwest Associate Director and a Fire Learning Network Project Lead for work in New Mexico. In this blog, they describe a …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on April 4, 2024 - 19:11 GMT

  

  Choosing a Fire Future: Lessons from Southwest Colorado

  Editor’s note: Michael Caggiano is a longtime Fire Learning Network partner and Fire Management Specialist with the USDA Forest Service. Ty Aldworth is a Research Associate with the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute. In this blog, they share lessons …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on March 28, 2024 - 19:14 GMT

  

  Pyro Futures: Imagining Our Evolving Relationship with Fire

  Editor’s note: Emily Schlickman and Brett Milligan are professors of landscape architecture and environmental design at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). In this blog, they introduce the Pyro Futures exhibition and Design by Fire book, both …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on March 21, 2024 - 20:29 GMT

  

  Our Responsibility to the Future 

  Editor’s note: Ryan Reed is from the Karuk, Hupa and Yurok tribes in Northern California. He is an Indigenous Fire Practitioner, co-founder and program director of the FireGeneration Collaborative, wildland firefighter, University of California Berkeley …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on March 15, 2024 - 00:55 GMT

  

  Reciprocity through Art: The Fire and Music Project

  Editor’s note: Ellen McGehee is a Fire Operations Specialist for the Watershed Research and Training Center (also known as the Watershed Center) in Trinity County, CA.  Ellen is also a violinist, and co-founder and host of the Trinity Alps Chamber Music …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on March 7, 2024 - 19:33 GMT

  

  Wildfire Insurance, Fire Smart Landscaping, and Preparedness for Short-Term Rentals

  Editor’s note: The Fire Adapted Montana Learning Network (FAMLN) is a long time member of the national Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (FAC Net), and is also connected to the Blackfoot Valley Fire Learning Network. FAMLN centers the needs of the …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services
• Published on February 29, 2024 - 20:05 GMT

  

  Minding the Gap: Increasing Data Equity in Fire Adaptation

  Editor’s note: Tiernan Doyle is FAC Net’s Strategy Director. In this blog, she shares an overview of a recent learning series for the Fire Networks on “data equity,” and how we can improve understanding of and approach to a community’s fire vulnerability …

  Distribution channels: Emergency Services