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Topic: Evacuation outreach/planning
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Jul 11, 2017
Who’s Missing? Thinking about Wildfire Resilience through an Equity and Inclusion Lens
BY: Wendy Fulks, Maria EstradaImagine being caught in the path of a fast-moving wildfire, unfamiliar with the area and without enough language proficiency to understand the first responders. You see a few… Read More
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Jun 20, 2017
Does every community need an evacuation plan? What does it take for a community to ask this question? Must there be a fire, a flood or some other disaster to trigger action?… Read More
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May 04, 2017
The Lake Tahoe Basin (basin), the location of the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network’s 2017 annual workshop, is the epitome of a multi-jurisdictional landscape. At… Read More
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Jan 12, 2017
Fire Adaptation Strategies from Across the Nation: My Travels in 2016
FAC Network ParticipantSince 2014, USAA has partnered with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to offer a discount on homeowners insurance for our members who live in a recognized… Read More
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Nov 01, 2016
Here in north Georgia, wildfire danger is usually highest in October and November due to low humidity and leaf fall. This is also the time that many of our part-time residents… Read More
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Sep 01, 2016
Written By: Pablo Beimler, Community Outreach Coordinator, Hawai‘i Wildfire Management Organization Living in the most remote island chain in the world with over 2,500… Read More
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Aug 30, 2016
For the last three years Island Park Sustainable Fire Community has hosted Wildfire Awareness Days. We pick the busiest week in the summer in hopes of reaching full-time and… Read More
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Jul 21, 2016
The last year has been an exciting time to explore and develop new spatial tools in Ada County, Idaho. We have worked with a wide variety of collaborators, and discovered new… Read More
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Jun 23, 2016
Recently the Coalition for the Upper South Platte had the opportunity to help lead the Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition’s (RVCC) Fire Adapted Communities working… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Evacuation outreach/planning
Type: Essay
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Mar 08, 2016
Towns County is the smallest county in Georgia with about 10,500 full-time residents and twice that during the summer months. People retire up here from Florida or Atlanta or… Read More