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Type: Best Practices
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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Jun 18, 2020
How Some Communities are Adapting their FAC Work to a Virtual World: Getting Creative with Workshops and Meetings
BY: Emily TroisiThe onset of COVID-19 triggered a wave of adaptation. Wildfire practitioners across the country adjusted to working, meeting and educating remotely. Knowing that wildfires do… Read More
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May 07, 2020
Planning for Wildfire: Tips for creating 360-character Wireless Emergency Alert templates
BY: Jessica Doermann, Erica KuligowskiAs the number of wildfires continues to decrease or hold steady from year to year, their average size and intensity has grown exponentially. Populations living and working… Read More
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Jan 02, 2020
When your focus is helping your community live better with fire, your work is never done. Get more accomplished in 2020 by setting achievable goals and working with your… Read More
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Nov 07, 2019
We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat: What is Capacity and How Do You Actually Build It?
BY: Allison Jolley , Forest SchaferBy Allison Jolley, Watershed Research and Training Center with additional reflections from Forest Schafer, California Tahoe Conservancy Back in high school, I rowed. As in… Read More
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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 10, 2019
Building for Wildfire Summit: Understanding How Homes Burn and How to Build Better
BY: Kimiko Barrett, Ph.D.The wildland-urban interface problem is a home ignition problem, not a wildfire control problem. Extreme wildfires are inevitable but wildland-urban fire disasters don’t… 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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Sep 05, 2019
I am a notorious softie. It became clear when we got our first dog 11 years ago: I am the one who defaults to empathy, and my husband, in contrast, defaults to discipline. Of… Read More
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Apr 25, 2019
4 Tips for Conducting Controlled Burns on Private Property from a Burn Boss
BY: Phil Dye, Prometheus Fire Consulting LLCWe stood shoulder to shoulder, watching the fire creep down the hill. The flame was continuous but low, no more than 8-inches tall. It was now burning, restoring, a strip of… Read More
Topic: Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire
Type: Best Practices
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Apr 19, 2018
Have you ever gone on a family vacation for more than two weeks, during which you lived out of a suitcase? If your family is anything like mine, it can get pretty stressful!… Read More
Topic: Planning Preparedness Resilience
Type: Best Practices