Community Wildfire Planning Center

TRAININGS: WE PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ON WILDFIRE- IGNITION CONCEPTS, MITIGATION TECHNIQUES, AND HOME ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES. WE DEVELOP CUSTOMIZED TRAINING MATERIALS TO HELP STAKEHOLDERS UNDERSTAND LOCAL WILDFIRE CONCERNS AND THEIR ROLE IN RISK REDUCTION.

Expenses: $193K

COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS. WE APPLY SPECIALIZED SKILL SETS IN FORESTRY, FIRE BEHAVIOR, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LAND USE PLANNING, AND WILDFIRE MITIGATION TO DELIVER COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS SUCH AS POST-FIRE RECOVERY STUDIES, MITIGATION, AND PREPAREDNESS REPORTS.

Expenses: $151K

OUTREACH: DESSEMINATING RESEARCH AND PROJECT FINDINGS BY PRESENTING AT CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND WEBINARS, TALKING WITH MEDIA, DEVELOPING VISUAL MATERIALS, AND UTILIZING SOCIAL MEDIA TO EDUCATE AND INFORM PRACTITIONERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LAND USE PLANNING AND RELATED STRATEGIES TO REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK IN THE BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS.

Expenses: $65K

RESEARCH: WE PROVIDE RESEARCH TO INFORM FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES AND RELATED LAND USE PLANNING ACTIVITIES FOR THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE.

Expenses: $52K