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University of Nevada, Reno Extension’s Living With Fire Program in partnership with Nevada Division of Forestry’s Fire Adapted Communities presented the Nevada Network of Fire Adapted Communities Summit on December 3, 2020.. The theme for the summit was “Creating the Toolbox for a Fire Adapted Nevada.”

• Welcome & Marc Titus Introduces Fire Adapted Nevada

• Jack Cohen Delivers Keynote

  Jack Cohen, PhD. Research Physical Scientist – U.S. Forest Service Research, retired Missoula, Montana delivered the Keynote at the summit titles, “Framing the Problem of Community Destruction during Extreme Wildfires”

• Morning Workshop: “Navigating Your Fire Adaptation Journey: How to combine tools and resources from national partners to support your work”

  Participants learned how fire adaptation programs can be used together to benefit their community’s wildfire risk reduction efforts. This workshop provides an overview of some of the established national programs designed to assist local communities with wildfire preparedness, including the Ready, Set, Go! (RSG) Program, Firewise USA®, Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (FAC Net) and will feature stories from practitioners about how they’ve used these programs and resources in their communities.

• Remarks from Senator Catherine Cortez Masto 

• Afternoon Workshop: “Multiplying Wildfire Adaptation Efforts Through Neighborhood Volunteers”

  Participants gained an understanding of how to build local capacity to strengthen fire adaptation. This workshop delved into the Fire Adapted Communities Ambassador/Firewise USA® Site leaders program and help communities develop a plan to capitalize on local professional assets that can support neighborhood volunteers. Participants learned how to assess their “enabling conditions” to learn how a volunteer approach can work to overcome existing hurdles.

In September, 2020 the Living With Fire Program held 5 preparedness Zoom workshops as part of the series, “5 Ways to Prepare Your Family & Property for Wildfire.”

• Nevada Insurance Division’s Perspective on the Insurance Industry and Wildfire
• Animal Services & Disaster Preparedness
• Be Red Cross Ready – Packing an Evacuation Go Bag
• 5 Steps to Creating Effective Defensible Space
• Retrofitting Your Home to Increase Wildfire Survival

For Nevada Wildfire Awareness Month (NWAM) 2020 Living With Fire present a Facebook Live series “Living With Fire Conversations” about topics related to wildfire preparedness.

• Mark Regan, fire mitigation specialist NV Energy – Learn about Public Safety Outage Management (PSOM) and how to prepare for an outage
• Interagency fire restrictions in Nevada
• Marc Titus, Nevada Division of Forestry’s state coordinator of the Nevada Network of Fire Adapted Communities and Janice Roberts, chapter leader of the approved Holbrook Highlands Fire Adapted Community – Learn about becoming a Fire Adapted Community
• Evan LaGuardia , meterologist from the US National Weather Service Reno Nevada – Learn about fire weather and red flag warnings
• Melody Hefner, urban IPM and pesticide safety ed. coordinator at the University of Nevada, Reno Extension – Learn about removing weeds such as cheatgrass

• Be Ember Prepared
• Fire Adapted Communities: The Next Step in Wildfire Preparedness
• Learn how to assemble and transport the Ember House Youth Activity
• Living With Fire Before, During and After the Fire
• Living With Fire in the Lake Tahoe Basin
• Living With Fire in the Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
• Living With Fire in the Big Sagebrush/Grass Environment

• Burbank Fire 2011 – Homeowner discusses the effectiveness of wildland fuel reduction
• Caughlin Fire 2011 – Homeowner discusses how burning embers ignited his home
• Caughlin Fire 2011 – Homeowner’s perspective on being prepared for wildfire
• Caughlin Fire 2011 – Homeowner shows how defensible space helped save her home
• Caughlin Fire 2011 – Firefighter’s perspective on the impact of burning embers during the fire
• Caughlin Fire 2011 – Homeowner shares her family’s difficult evacuation experience
• Caughlin Fire 2011 – Childrens’ response to the fire
• Caughlin Fire 2011 – Homeowners describe their experience with animal evacuation
• Washoe Drive Fire 2012 – Firefighter describes his experience fighting the fire
• Washoe Drive Fire 2012 – Battalion Chief talks about fire behavior
• 1/3 Mile To Safety: A Family’s Story
• Above the Ashes – A documentary by Michelle Bauer Carpenter
• Living With Fire in the Lake Tahoe Basin