FAC Net blogs include success stories, lessons learned, resources, tips and even failures related to community wildfire resilience. Please contact us if you have a story to share.
Dec 19, 2019
2019 Year In Review
By: Michelle Medley-DanielThe long nights of December (in the northern hemisphere at least) lend themselves to reflection and contemplation. This past weekend, I found myself flipping through my… Read More
Topic: Collaboration
Type: Essay
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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Mar 19, 2020
Adjusting to Our Changing Realities
Michelle Medley-DanielWe are all experiencing the impacts of COVID-19. In some communities, folks are dealing with mandatory shelter-in-place rules, many schools have closed and our lives are… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach
Type: Impact Story
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Jennifer burning at WTREX 2019. Photo credit David Godwin
Mar 12, 2020
Building Bridges Between Universities, Communities, and Fire: An Interview with Jennifer Fawcett
By: Jennifer Fawcett, Jessica Sabine BrothersEditor’s note: We had the pleasure of connecting with Jennifer Fawcett, Extension Associate for North Carolina State University, to talk more about her role leading fire… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Preparedness
Type: Interview
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Jeremy Bailey playing games with family and friends this past Christmas. Photo provided by Jeremy Bailey.
Mar 05, 2020
Learning the Rules of the Game: Understanding Jeremy Bailey and the origins of TREX
By: Lenya Quinn-DavidsonI don’t like games. Everyone knows this about me: there’s only one thing that will get me to go bed early, and that’s a board game. I’ve been this way forever, and… Read More
Topic: Collaboration Planning Resilience
Type: Impact Story
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Forest Service Chief Tony Tooke visits Eagle Creek ICP and recognized FS personnel who helped with hiker evacuations the night of September 2, 2017
Feb 27, 2020
The Panic Myth: What Does the Research Say and What Can Practitioners Do?
By: Sarah McCaffrey, Annie SchmidtThe Panic Myth, Part I – What Does the Research Say? by Sarah McCaffrey As I’ve been watching the fires in Australia over the past several months I’ve been impressed… Read More
Topic: Collaboration Communications / Outreach Evacuation outreach/planning Preparedness
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Business Resilience: Fire Adaption on Main Street USA
Feb 20, 2020
Editor’s Note: Community efforts to increase wildfire resilience often focus on homeowner action. But what about our business community? The economic engines of our towns… Read More
Topic: Business resilience
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Feb 13, 2020
Understanding Complexity and Risk in the Wildland Fire Environment: An Interview with Travis Dotson
By: Annie Schmidt, Travis DotsonEditor’s Note: FAC Net’s Annie Schmidt had the privilege of getting to know Travis Dotson of the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center when she worked on the Spring Coulee… Read More
Topic: Collaboration Communications / Outreach Equity/Inclusion Wildfire
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block print of Pacific lamprey, by Lenya Quinn-Davidson
Feb 06, 2020
On a typical summer weekend in the late 1990s, you might have found me amid other teenagers, all lounging in the sun a few miles up the road from my house at one of our… Read More
Topic: Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Monitoring / Assessment
Type: Essay
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Text and Photo courtesy of Washington DNR.
Jan 30, 2020
Editor’s Note: Annie Schmidt is one of FAC Net’s newest staff members, returning to the FAC family after two years of planning and policy work in her home state of… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Monitoring / Assessment Planning Preparedness
Type: Interview
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Banded Peak Rx Fire, Photo courtesy of Forest Stewards Guild
Jan 23, 2020
In 2018, the Forest Stewards Guild began our high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter loan program in Santa Fe. The short-term intent of the program was to support people… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Preparedness Resilience
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Background Photo Credit: Bill Trimarco
Jan 16, 2020
I’ve Got Them Non-Profit Funding Blues: Lessons Learned in Funding Wildfire Resilience in Archuleta County, CO
By: Bill Trimarco“I’ve Got Them Non-Profit Funding Blues” Sadly, that is not the title of my new hit single, but rather a state of mind many of us struggle with on a day-to-day basis.… Read More
Topic: Collaboration