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  1. May 09, 2019

    Two National Directives and One Piece of Public Policy Worth Understanding: The 2018 Farm Bill, Executive Order 13855 and DOI Secretarial Order 3372

    BY: Katie Lighthall, National Cohesive Wildland Fire Strategy, Western Region

    Editor’s note: If you haven’t spent much time with the new Farm Bill, Executive Order 13855 and Secretarial Order 3372, take a moment to read these summaries produced by… Read More

    Topic: Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Wildfire

    Type: Tools / Resources

  2. Apr 11, 2019

    Nine Tips for Talking about Fire and FAC

    BY: Allison Jolley

    1. Speak with more than words.  The Washington State Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network has developed some amazing visual aids regarding fire adapted communities… Read More

    Topic: Communications / Outreach Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Wildfire

    Type: Tools / Resources

  3. Mar 28, 2019

    Why We’re Bringing Prescribed Fire and Forest Thinning Closer to Traditionally Preserved Wildlife Habitat: We all Need It. Including the Birds.

    BY: Forest Schafer

    Having served as a community forester for years, I tend to view forest management through a “community wildfire protection and preparation” lens. I confess that sometimes… Read More

    Topic: Collaboration Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Wildfire

    Type: Success Story / Lessons Learned

  4. Mar 14, 2019

    How Well Do You Understand Fire Adapted Communities? Take This Quiz to Find Out.

    BY: Allison Jolley

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    Topic: Communications / Outreach Defensible space / Firewise Resilience Wildfire

    Type: Quiz

  5. Jan 30, 2019

    Wildfire Smoke Resilience Resources from the EPA

    BY: Alan Vette, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Energy National Research Program

    Who is Most at Risk? As many of you know and have experienced, emissions of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke are increasingly exceeding safe levels. Smoke… Read More

    Topic: Communications / Outreach Wildfire

    Type: Tools / Resources

  6. Jan 17, 2019

    Why the Ferguson Fire Didn’t Destroy Yosemite West: 15 Years of Wildfire Mitigation Generates a California Wildfire Success

    BY: John Mock, Ph.D., and Kimberley O’Neil

    “You have to get involved with fire,” urged a friend who survived the 1991 Tunnel (Oakland Hills) Fire. That sage advice came shortly after we bought our house in Yosemite… Read More

    Topic: Defensible space / Firewise Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Wildfire

    Type: Success Story / Lessons Learned

  7. Jan 03, 2019

    Happy New Year! Seven Fire Adaptation Videos to Watch Before Launching into 2019.

    BY: Allison Jolley

    Welcome to 2019! Before getting to work, check out the most viewed #fireadapted videos from last… Read More

    Topic: Collaboration Evacuation outreach/planning Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Planning Wildfire WUI codes & ordinances

    Type: Success Story / Lessons Learned

  8. Dec 13, 2018

    Unsung Heroes of the 1988 Yellowstone Fires: Church Leaders and Farmers

    BY: Liz Davy , Tim Stronks , Matthew Ward

    A burning cigarette butt landed on a pile of sawdust, soaked with oil and gas. And like that, a firewood cutter started the North Fork “Yellowstone” Fire, a fire that… Read More

    Topic: Collaboration Wildfire

    Type: Success Story / Lessons Learned

  9. Dec 06, 2018

    Using Community Base Maps to Improve the Safety and Effectiveness of Wildfire Response

    BY: Mike Caggiano , Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State University

    The Importance of Spatial Data When responding to wildfires, firefighters often have difficulty figuring out where the fire is, where it’s going, and what’s in its way.… Read More

    Topic: Planning Wildfire Wildfire risk assessment

    Type: Tools / Resources

  10. Nov 08, 2018

    Views of the Carr Fire: Journal Entries from Trinity County, California

    BY: Michelle Medley-Daniel, Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Watershed Research and Training Center

    July 20, 2018 I picked you up from the Redding airport on a cloudless Friday afternoon. You remarked on the hot wind. “They’re sculptures. Twisted limbs reaching… Read More

    Topic: Evacuation outreach/planning Wildfire

    Type: Essay