This week marks one full year since we rebranded the blog to the “Fire Networks Blog.” Previously known as the FAC Net Blog, this change was made with the intention to represent the work and voices of practitioners across the suite of efforts in the Fire Networks partnership (Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Fire Learning Network, Indigenous Peoples Burning Network, and Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges).
The FAC Net Blog originally began all the way back in 2014 (stay tuned for a 10 year celebration post), and has since been a valued, reliable source of stories and resources from practitioners integrating Fire Adapted Community concepts on the ground in their areas. We’ve had authors from around the country and world, sharing unique perspectives and approaches to weaving fire resilience into their communities.
Before we do a full, 10 year deep dive into the blog – we thought we’d highlight some of the inspirational, engaging, and relevant content we’ve posted over the past year since the blog expanded to represent the Fire Networks as a larger partnership.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Fire
A must-read recap of resources from a recent Fire Networks learning series – valuable especially for communications professionals, but also for anyone looking to better understand how the way we talk about fire matters.
Protecting Our People: Psychological Safety in Fire and Fieldwork
Author Kayla Stukes of Field Inclusive applies principles of psychological safety to the work that happens out in the field, highlighting the importance of taking care of our people.
Understanding Prescribed Fire Capacity in the Western United States
This blog shares findings from a recent report on the community-based capacity available for prescribed burn projects and examines the impacts of evolving prescribed fire insurance policies on practitioners.
Pyro Futures: Imagining Our Evolving Relationship With Fire
Visioning exercises are a remarkable tool in creating the future we want. In this blog, professors from the University of California Davis introduce three scenarios of how our relationship to fire might look depending on our changing attitudes toward it.
Our Responsibility to the Future
In this blog, Indigenous Fire Practitioner Ryan Reed describes his relationship with fire, and the healing work of addressing intergenerational trauma through building movements for the future.
Reciprocity Through Art: The Fire and Music Project
What happens when we express the experience of fire through art? A recent project of the Watershed Center (FAC Net’s umbrella organization) focused on just that.
Fire in the Bog: Cranberry Farming in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Cranberry farming and prescribed fire have a long and intertwined history in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. In this blog, longtime FAC Net member Bill Brash shares a conversation with third generation Fire Warden and cranberry farmer, Tom Gerber.
Minding the Gap: Increasing Data Equity in Fire Adaptation
In a world rapidly expanding its use of data, it’s always worth taking a step back to check the process. FAC Net’s Strategy Director Tiernan Doyle recounts lessons from a learning group focused on data equity.
Do you have other favorite blogs from the past year (or beyond)? Share them with us in the comments!
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