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Topic: CWPPs
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Mar 22, 2018
Fire in His Blood, Pace and Scale on His Mind: A Day in the Life with Forest Schafer
BY: Forest Schafer , Tahoe Fire and Fuels TeamIt’s hard to forget your first wildland fire. Mine was years before I started fighting fires, and I remember seeing trees explode into flames as they lit up the dark… Read More
Topic: Collaboration CWPPs Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire
Type: Essay
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Oct 24, 2017
How Salt Lake City’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan Generated Action in Less Than a Year
FAC Network ParticipantMay 22, 2017 marked a significant date for us in the Wasatch Front. Salt Lake City, Utah’s state capital and largest wildland-urban interface, completed its Community… Read More
Topic: Collaboration CWPPs
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May 25, 2017
When you get to work on Monday morning, what are your top priorities for the week? I spend my first hour addressing any pressing things that have come up over the… Read More
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Apr 11, 2017
Building a Wildfire Preparedness Plan: We’re All in This Thing Together
BY: New Jersey Fire Safety CouncilWritten by Bill Brash, President, New Jersey Fire Safety Council New Jersey contains approximately four million acres, 1.1 million of which are in the Pinelands region. The… Read More
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Mar 14, 2017
Has FAC always been a part of your job duties in your current position? Yes, I’d say FAC has always been a part of my current job, though we may not have called it that… Read More
Topic: Collaboration CWPPs Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire
Type: Interview
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Jan 03, 2017
Smokey Bear, along with Unified Fire Authority and Wasatch Front Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands,… Read More
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Dec 27, 2016
Baker County’s newly hired Firewise Coordinator (center) with USDA Forest Service staff, Florida Forest Service… Read More
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Dec 22, 2016
Four Corners Learning Exchange Highlights Mitigation Work and Culture Change
Michelle Medley-DanielThe Southwest is a new landscape for me, different than my northern California mixed-conifer home. So it is a special treat to be attending a learning exchange here, hosted by… Read More
Topic: Collaboration CWPPs Defensible space / Firewise
Type: Meeting / Event
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Jul 14, 2016
Written By: Nick Olson, Community Forestry Intern, Forest Stewards Guild. Tucked away among a mosaic of red deserts and conifer forests, New Mexicans increasingly feel… Read More
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Mar 03, 2016
Last week our CWPP Community of Practice held a members-only webinar that highlighted innovative community wildfire protection planning efforts in four different areas,… Read More
Topic: CWPPs Planning Preparedness
Type: Tools / Resources