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❗ Upcoming Lunch & Learn ❗ Wildfire and Public Health: Barriers and Opportunities to State Policy Implementation 🔥 Wildfire smoke presents a population-wide health risk in California with significant environmental justice implications. However, the policy landscape addressing the public health impacts of wildfire remains siloed, posing challenges to integrated policy development and implementation. Join us on Zoom on July 17th for a discussion about the wildfire and public health policy landscape, based on the findings of a scoping report conducted by CLEE and the Climate & Wildfire Institute. Report author and CLEE fellow Kasia Dahlbeck will discuss the results of the report, including key recommendations for coordinated policy action and future research. Following this presentation, Patrick Wright, Director of the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force, and Julia Stein, Deputy Director of the UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, will join moderator and CLEE Executive Director Louise Bedsworth in a discussion of state policy implementation on the public health impacts of wildfire, addressing key policy barriers and opportunities for building resilience and protecting the state’s public health. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gV6NG-tP

In a changing climate, extreme wildfire events are becoming far more common & more intense-𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗣𝗗𝗙 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗱. 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗺 𝗖𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 at an upcoming Santa Clara County FireSafe Council board meeting. Thanks to authors, Calum Cunningham, Grant Williamson & & David M. J. S. Bowman and the University of Tasmania for this important work. See study PDF here: 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 https://lnkd.in/gTSSWjUZ #wildfire Dede Smullen James (Jim) Wollbrinck Marion W. Jared Lewis Natasha Stavros, Ph.D. Rob Rennie Christopher Anthony Kim Zagaris Bob Horton Ilkay Altintas, Ph.D. Jennifer Marlon Andrew Freedman Kevin Conant Stephen Harrington Michele Barbato, Ph.D., PE, F.ASCE, F.SEI, F.EMI Kelly Martin Leslie Marshall Hussam Mahmoud Birgitte Messerschmidt

Do you run or need a defensible space chipping program? Join program managers from Berkeley Fire Department, Santa Clara County FireSafe Council & Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority as they share insights and lessons learned from scaling their wildfire fuel (aka Chipping) programs. How to increase participation and pile size while improving crew efficiency. All while earning resident satisfaction scores of 4.9 out of 5.0 and simplifying stakeholder and community Firewise reporting. Webinar is perfect for towns, fire agencies, Firewise USA communities or Fire Safe Councils. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gzQDpE3f Jason Brooks @Brendan D. Christopher Anthony Laura Blaul Steve Lindsey-Guerrero Todd Tuggle Kirk McKinzie Kevin Sofen Dede Smullen Shana Nelson Jared Lewis Kevin Conant Nick Schuler, CFO, PIO James (Jim) Wollbrinck Kim Zagaris Kenneth Dueker Parastou Najaf, PhD Thomas Chin Cody H. Jacy Hyde, PhD Mike Wilson Nina E. Julia Marsili Josh Becker

Some people strive to have a corner office with a view. For the Santa Clara County FireSafe Council team, the view 𝗶𝘀 our office. Prepping for our CAL FIRE Forest Health Grant media & legislative tour next week. We are hosting a legislative and media tour for the 𝗟𝗼𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁. The tour will highlight how this CAL FIRE funded collaborative project is making our forest ecosystems healthier while reducing risk of catastrophic wildfire to the environment and our community. The area above the beautiful Elasman Reservoir in the photo will be where are FHG#2 work occurs. CAL FIRE has awarded two Forest Health Grants to the Santa Clara County FireSafe Council to manage, for a total of $14 million. CAL FIRE seeks to significantly increase fuels management, fire reintroduction, treatment of degraded areas, and conservation of forest through the grant program. The Santa Clara County FireSafe Council has partnered with the San Jose Water Company, County of Santa Clara Parks and Recreation Department, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, and smaller private landowners, to form the Los Gatos Creek Watershed Collaboration. #wildfire California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Stephen Harrington Amanda Brenner Cannon Paul Rogers Tara Wallichs Jared Lewis Sharon Whaley Dede Smullen Rob Mayeda Rob Rennie Ian Cull James (Jim) Wollbrinck Shana Nelson Kevin Conant Anne Gelhaus

Pleased to announce I have joined the 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 FEMA & the U.S. Fire Administration have established for updating national wildfire evacuation standards & developing Temporary Fire Refuge Areas (TFRA) for wildfire evacuation during no-notice events. This will enable the Santa Clara County FireSafe Council to contribute to this critical program to save lives during emergency evacuations and leverage our network of advisors and board members to engage in this process. More to follow after future meetings. The focus of the Communications Working Group will be: Communications and Messaging • Preparing the public o Effective and consistent plain language messaging o Communicating consistently across jurisdictions • Driving public action o Vehicles to communicate across multiple mediums o Effective and clear directions on what to do/where to go o Identifying and including trusted messengers Grateful to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), FEMA and the US Fire Administration for prioritizing and leading this essential program. Looking forward to Justin Ángel Knighten's leadership of this workgroup. #wildfire Kevin Sofen Kevin Conant Kirk McKinzie Jacy Hyde, PhD Genevieve Biggs Christopher Anthony Laura Blaul Ilkay Altintas, Ph.D. Andrea Santy Daniel Berlant Kenneth Dueker Curtis E. Alling, AICP Anthony Schultz Debra Deininger Teresa Alvarado Ken Alex Kim Zagaris Kelly Martin Nancy Watkins Wade White Frank Frievalt Kate K., Kate Dargan Marquis O.P. Almaraz Bob Horton Evrim Bunn Erica Kuligowski

Want to learn how vastly more efficient fire modeling will protect entire communities? CSU’s Dr. Hussam Mahmoud, recipient of grants from NIST and the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, explains how he broke free from the limits of incremental thinking, and into the realm of incredible progress. Watch here. Hussam Mahmoud, Seth Schalet, Joaquin Ramirez Cisneros