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Topic: Communications / Outreach
Editor's Note: All blog entries are reviewed and edited for length and clarity by Network staff before approval for posting.
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Dec 12, 2019
Editor’s Note: The FAC Net Blog is coming up on its 6-year anniversary in January 2020! Since 2014, we have hosted more than 440 posts on all things FAC: from community… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach
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Nov 14, 2019
What We’re Reading: Our Favorite Fire-Related Newsletters and Blogs
BY: Emily Troisi , Michelle Medley-DanielWorking to reduce incoming email? We respect that. A person could spend all day in an endless volley of emails. But among the conversations with co-workers that would have… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Learning networks
Type: Tools / Resources
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Oct 31, 2019
There is a sentiment in the American fire community that our words are out of sync with our needs. For 50 years we have coaxed a revolution into being ― redefined fire and… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach
Type: Best Practices
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Oct 24, 2019
FAC Net is Changing Fire Adaptation Work: Highlights from our Evaluation
BY: Michelle Medley-Daniel , Emily TroisiEditor’s note: This blog is focused on sharing stories and information about living with fire. Occasionally, we also publish content related to social-change networks:… Read More
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Sep 26, 2019
Editor’s note: FAC Net is committed to having conversations around inequity in community resilience and wildfire adaptation. This blog is part of a series of introductory… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Equity/Inclusion
Type: Best Practices
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Aug 29, 2019
Back to School: A Wildland Fire Book List for Young Readers and Educators
BY: Rebecca Samulski , Becca SamulskiPractitioners of fire adapted communities often get tasked with leading field trips, lessons and presentations with local schools and youth groups. We usually see an uptick… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Preparedness
Type: Tools / Resources
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Aug 08, 2019
What the Silver Tsunami Means for FAC and Why You Need to Partner with Assisted Living Facilities
BY: Allison JolleyThere are no children on the list of dead from the Camp Fire. No teenagers or even young adults have been identified as victims of the disaster. The 46 named victims so far… Read More
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Jul 25, 2019
The Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (FAC Net) staff and members talk about fire adapted communities (FAC) a lot, and we often get asked for resources to help explain… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Resilience Wildfire
Type: Tools / Resources
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Jul 11, 2019
Block Captains: Community Leaders Emerge in the Wake of the 2017 Sonoma Fires
BY: James Gore, Sonoma CountyWe still talk about “Saturday’s problems” in Sonoma County. Saturday’s problems are the pile of two-by-fours in your backyard for that deck project, or the… Read More
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May 23, 2019
“It’s not as simple as, ‘How do you want your smoke?’ We could conduct thousands of acres of prescribed fire in our county and still be breathing smoke from another… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Resilience Wildfire
Type: Tools / Resources