Greater Yellowstone Fire Action Network

The Greater Yellowstone Fire Action Network (GYFAN) is a network formed to address challenges communities and the landscape face with wildfire.

Our participants are people from organizations, agencies, and communities within the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) working towards social and ecological landscapes resilient to fire. The concept of the network has been in the works for several years and began to take shape in 2021 when three leaders in fire adaptation began working together to form this Network.

The goal of our network is to promote fire adapted communities across the ecosystem and support a fire resilient landscape. We share resources and knowledge in order to mitigate fire on the ground and connect communities, mitigation practitioners, and fire agencies across the GYA to increase knowledge sharing, capacity and the social capital needed to increase the pace and scale of fuels reduction work within and around communities at risk to wildfire and to promote fire on the landscape as an ecosystem restoration tool.

Get Involved

1. Become a Neighborhood Ambassador

Who is a Neighborhood Ambassador? A person who is passionate about making a difference in their neighborhood. A person who is willing to be an example for mitigating wildfire risk. A person who is outgoing and wants to encourage neighbors to take action to reduce the effects of wildfire in their community.

Sign up HERE to have a GYFAN representative from your community reach out to tell you more about how you can represent your neighborhood. This LINK is an Ambassador Toolkit that provides resources whether you are just starting a program or you are currently an Ambassador.

Click here to learn more about Neighborhood Ambassadors

2. Smoke Ready Communities

A smoke ready community has a formal action plan developed to reduce public health threat to residents and visitors during smoke events. A community smoke ready plan includes assessment of local vulnerabilities, plans for appropriate responses, strategies to alert residents and visitors about air quality and smoke, resources available to the community, and actions to take during a smoke event. Being smoke ready means that communities and individuals have the knowledge and ability to stay reasonably healthy during smoke episodes.

Communities in the Greater Yellowstone Area with smoke ready plans include:

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Click here to learn more about Smoke Ready Communities

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Highlights

Developed consistent messaging about living with smoke, the importance of fire on the Greater Yellowstone Landscape, and collaboratively developing fire adapted communities within the Greater Yellowstone Area.
Standing up 1 to 3 call-when-needed fuels reduction crews to work on private and public lands in the Greater Yellowstone Area.
Developed a Neighborhood Wildfire Mitigation Ambassador program to increase mitigation efforts across all interested communities.
Increasing interest, sharing of ideas and experience and participants across the Network.