Wildfire Wednesdays #110: Community Wildfire Preparedness Day 2023
Happy Wednesday, Fireshed community!
This Saturday, May 6th is national Community Wildfire Preparedness Day! This is a great opportunity to reach out to your friends, family, and neighbors and engage them in conversation and action to reduce your wildfire risk. Wildfire does not stop at the fence lines and the more that we can work together with those in our communities, the more effective our wildfire risk reduction efforts will be.
This Wildfire Wednesdays includes:
Information about Community Wildfire Preparedness Day
Ideas for action for this Wildfire Preparedness Day
An article about the Santa Fe Mountains Landscape Resiliency Project
A webinar with New Mexico State Forestry Division with information about upcoming funding opportunities
Best,
Gabe
Wildfire Community Preparedness Day
Wildfire Community Preparedness Day is a national campaign that encourages people and organizations everywhere to come together on a single day to take action to raise awareness and reduce wildfire risks.
It is held in the United States and Canada on the first Saturday in May. Prep Day is focused on what residents can do on and around their home to help protect against the threat of wildfires.
Plan your Project
Wildfire Community Preparedness Day encourages people to come together to take action to reduce wildfire risks. This year, Preparedness Day is focused on what residents can do on and around their home to help protect against the threat of wildfires. The Prep Day toolkit provides a list of project ideas, safety tips, and more, to help guide you towards event day.
Click here to download the toolkit.
Ideas for Action on Wildfire Prep Day
Click here to download the action guide!
This “menu” describes different projects that FAC members have organized in tandem with the National Fire Protection Association’s National Community Wildfire Preparedness Day. In addition to project overviews, the menu provides information about costs, equipment, planning needs, etc.
For more information, click here.
Resiliency project — done right — can benefit the forest
“Many readers have opposed the Santa Fe Mountains Landscape Resiliency Project, stemming from their love of our mountain landscape and their fear our forests will be irreparably harmed by the burn prescriptions in the U.S. Forest Service plans.”
Upcoming Webinars
Webinar: State of the State - 2023 Forestry Division updates, Wildfire Defense Grants, and fire preparedness resources
Thursday, May 11, 2023 3:00 PM 4:00 PM
On Thursday, May 11th, Jacob Pederson with NM Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department – Forestry Division will join FAC NM to discuss the role of Forestry Division before, during, and after fire.
To hear about the Prescribed Fire Act and certified burner training, Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) summer proposal preparation, and how the Forestry Division is innovating, leading, and staying involved with fire preparedness and recovery efforts, please register below or join us on Facebook Live. This webinar is presented in concert with EMNRD.