Post-Fire Preparedness and Recovery
2015-Present website After a fire, it is common for external attention and investment to disappear. However, as recovery practitioners know, this is just the beginning of the long, complex process that is rebuilding and repairing communities. The importance of recovery, of caring for communities that are impacted by fire beyond the response and suppression phases, […]
Community Wildfire Ambassadors
2024-Present website Washington’s Community Wildfire Ambassador (CWA) approach began as a collaboration between Washington Resource Conservation and Development (WRCD) and the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to engage residents in locally-led wildfire mitigation and risk reduction practices. The Community Wildfire Ambassador approach aims to build community and assist neighborhood volunteers strengthen wildfire resilience in […]
Washington State Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (WAFAC)
2014-Present website The Washington State Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (WAFAC) is a network of 106 people representing 39 organizations who regularly connect and learn from each other to increase understanding of wildfire and community resilience. The network links people to resources and shared strategies that can be applied to on-the-ground projects or inform and […]