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Lewiston – Wildfire Workshop

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IS YOUR COMMUNITY PREPARED?

Join this FREE four-hour workshop to learn about what communities
can do to be prepared for wildfire.
WHO should attend?

Whether you’re a homeowner, city planner, business owner, rancher, county commissioner, public works engineer, city police or fire, this workshop is for you.

Wildfire has no boundaries, the season is longer and fires are bigger. With these changes the importance for interdisciplinary planning for wildfire at the edges of development is growing. It will take all of us to make sure our communities are truly prepared to respond to a wildfire for best possible outcomes.

MARCH 15 from 10AM – 2PM

Bell Building 2nd Floor

215 D Street Lewiston, ID 83501
LUNCH PROVIDED – RSVP by Wednesday, March 13 so we have enough food.
Register to attend
Program:

You’ll hear from experts in this field who will share their experience and talk about the various roles we each have to play to help you understand what YOU can do to make your community more resilient to wildfires. You will also receive some resources to take away.

Presenters:

  • Tyre Holfeltz – ID Dept of Lands
    Fire Prevention and Risk Mitigation Program Manager
  • Jaap Vos – University of Idaho
    Bioregional Planning and Community Design Program Head
Panelists:

Kip Kemak, Nez Perce Tribe Forestry & Fire Management Division-Fire Prevention and Mitigation Specialist

Ivy Dickinson, Idaho Firewise-Executive Director

Jeremiah Miller, Idaho Department of Lands- Fire Warden for Craig Mountain Forest Protective District

Additional Upcoming Workshop:
  • April (date TBD) in Coeur d’Alene

Idaho Falls – Wildfire Workshop

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IS YOUR COMMUNITY PREPARED?

Join this FREE four-hour workshop to learn about what communities
can do to be prepared for wildfire.
WHO should attend?

Whether you’re a homeowner, city planner, business owner, rancher, county commissioner, public works engineer, city police or fire, this workshop is for you.

Wildfire has no boundaries, the season is longer and fires are bigger. With these changes the importance for interdisciplinary planning for wildfire at the edges of development is growing. It will take all of us to make sure our communities are truly prepared to respond to a wildfire for best possible outcomes.

FEB 22 10AM – 2PM

Idaho Falls Fire Station

343 “E” Street Idaho Falls, ID 83402
LUNCH PROVIDED – RSVP by Wednesday, Feb 20 so we have enough food.
Register to attend

Program:

You’ll hear from experts in this field who will share their experience and talk about the various roles we each have to play to help you understand what YOU can do to make your community more resilient to wildfires. You will also receive some resources to take away.

Presenters:

  • Tyre Holfeltz – ID Dept of Lands
    Fire Prevention and Risk Mitigation Program Manager
  • Jaap Vos – University of Idaho
    Bioregional Planning and Community Design Program Head
Panelists:

Liz Davy, USFS Caribou Targhee- South Zone District Ranger
Kevin Conran, BLM – Idaho Falls District- Fire Management Specialist
Hannah Sanger, City of Pocatello- Science and Environment Administrator

Additional Upcoming Workshops:
  • March 15 in Lewiston
  • April (date TBD) in Coeur d’Alene

Wildfire Planning Workshop

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Remember the Soda fire, 2015 or the Tablerock fire, 2016?

IS YOUR COMMUNITY PREPARED?

Join this FREE four-hour workshop to learn about what communities can do to be prepared for wildfire.

WHO should attend?

Whether you’re a homeowner, city planner, business owner, rancher, county commissioner, public works engineer, city police or fire, this workshop is for you.

Wildfire has no boundaries, the season is longer and fires are bigger. With these changes the importance for interdisciplinary planning for wildfire at the edges of development is growing. It will take all of us to make sure our communities are truly prepared to respond to a wildfire for best possible outcomes.

FEB 4th 10AM – 2PM

Canyon County Administration Building

111 N 11th Ave Ste. 130, Caldwell, ID 83605
LUNCH PROVIDED – RSVP by Friday, Feb 1 so we have enough food.
Register to attend

Program: You’ll hear from experts in this field who will share their experience and talk about the various roles we each have to play to help you understand what YOU can do to make your community more resilient to wildfires. You will also receive some resources to take away.

Presenters:
  • Tyre Holfeltz – ID Dept of Lands
    Fire Prevention and Risk Mgmt.
  • Mike Pellant – BLM (retired)
    Senior Rangeland Ecologist
Panelists:

Mayor Jackie Aymon, city of McCall; Jerry McAdams, Boise City Fire, Wildfire Mitigation Coordinator; LaDawn Saxton, USFS Payette NF NM District Lead Fire Prevention; Brett Van Paepeghem, South Project Manager Idaho Firewise; Jared Jablonski, BLM, Boise District Fire Information.

We hope you’ll join us for this FREE workshop to learn more about wildfire and how you can help your community be prepared. If you are unable to attend this date, we have three additional workshops planned around the state. All are free and open to the public.

Additional Upcoming Workshops:
  • Feb 22nd from 10am-2pm
    • LOCATION: Idaho Falls Fire Station, 343 “E” Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402
  • March in Lewiston
  • April in Coeur d’Alene

Wildfire Planning and Preparedness

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2016 Boise Table Rock Fire, above, from Harris Ranch; below, aerial view the day after.

Community wildfire planning is a leading smart growth issue of our time.

As Idaho continues its growth streak, development encroaches into areas where wildfires historically occur. Fire is a critical natural process—it’s only a disaster when people or property are harmed. Wildfire planning and preparedness is more important than ever.

This coming year Idaho Smart Growth will join the Idaho Department of Lands, University of Idaho and Boise State University to conduct workshops around the state that will bring professional expertise to local communities to discuss wildfire preparedness planning, share strategies to minimize impacts and planning for post-event recovery.

Creating great places to live means places that are resilient in the face of hazards.
Will you help expand our work with Idaho communities to plan for wildfire?

Photo: top KBOI; above Aaron Hassemer.

The costs of wildfire have never been higher. Your support has never been more important. Please consider a tax-deductible year-end contribution to Idaho Smart Growth so we can do more with Idaho communities on wildfire planning—and the rest of our smart growth activities. You can help shape the future and protect what makes Idaho so special.

Please click to make your tax-deductible contribution. Thank you!

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