Reflections on Practitioner Wellbeing and Mental Health
Editor’s note: This blog is part of an important conversation about wellbeing and mental health for practitioners working in fire, and serves as a continuation of reflections we shared in…
A Community Volunteer Radio Network That CAN
Editor’s note: Magdalena Valderrama is the Program Director at Seigler Springs Community Redevelopment Association, a 501c3 nonprofit organization specializing in facilitating collaboration among neighborhoods, tribal nations, county agencies, municipal advisory…
Fire Up Your Browser: The Fire Networks Are Online
Did you know that the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (FAC Net), Fire Learning Network (FLN), Indigenous Peoples Burning Network (IPBN), Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (TREX), and Women-in-Fire Prescribed Fire…
Loads and Ladders: Catalyzing the “Fire Humanities” for Fire Adaptation
Editor’s note: Sasha Michelle White is an artist, ecologist, and fire practitioner working toward a PhD in Environmental Science at the University of Idaho on the homelands of the Palus,…
Policy Recommendations from the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission
The Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission, formed in 2021 through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, released a series of policy recommendations addressing wildfire in the United States on September 27th,…
Sharing Lessons and Knowledge at the PBA Learning Exchange
Editor’s note: Kara Karboski is a program manager at the Washington Resource Conservation and Development Council focused on developing community-led prescribed fire across the state. Kara is also the lead…
Fire in the Bog: Cranberry Farming in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Editor’s note: William (Bill) Brash is president of the New Jersey Fire Safety Council (NJFSC) a statewide organization working to create community fire adaptation and resiliency, and a member of…
The Arkansas International Fire Training Exchange
Editor’s note: McRee Anderson serves as the Director of the Interior Highlands Restoration Program for The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas, and Brigette Coleman-Williams serves as the Director of Marketing and…
Stuck in the Mud: Gaps in Post-Fire Recovery Programs
Editor’s note: Collin Haffey is the Post-Fire Recovery Program Manager for the Washington Department of Natural Resources (since February 2023). Prior to joining the WA DNR, he worked for over…
From One Parcel to a Whole Community: NIST’s Hazard Mitigation Methodology
Editor’s note: David Burchfield is FAC Net’s Member Services Associate and a frequent blog contributor. In this piece, David introduces the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Hazard Mitigation Methodology,…
