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Featured Presentation: Dr. Crystal Kolden, UC Merced

Featured Presentation: Dr. Crystal Kolden, UC Merced

by Nic Elmquist | Feb 25, 2021 | Featured Presentations

Dr. Crystal Kolden is a Assistant Professor in the Management of Complex Systems department at the University of California, Merced. Dr. Kolden’s research focuses on characterizing and understanding wildfire interactions with the human-environment system through...
Reducing Wildfire Risk Through Grazing: Find Options In Your Area

Reducing Wildfire Risk Through Grazing: Find Options In Your Area

by Nic Elmquist | Nov 3, 2020 | Risk Management

Match.Graze is a free online platform that connects livestock producers and landowners throughout the state of California. Whether you’re a landowner seeking a small flock of sheep to mow your back 40, or a producer in search of seasonal pasture for a goat...
The Hot-Dry-Windy Index: A New Tool for Forecasting Fire Weather

The Hot-Dry-Windy Index: A New Tool for Forecasting Fire Weather

by Nic Elmquist | Jul 7, 2020 | Weather and Fire Environment

This paper explains the new Hot-Dry-Windy Index which will replace the Haines Index, which has been in place since 1988, to predict days with weather conditions present to contribute to extreme fire behavior.
Featured Presentation: Rondi Guthrie, Southern California Edison

Featured Presentation: Rondi Guthrie, Southern California Edison

by Nic Elmquist | Sep 1, 2020 | Featured Presentations

The SB Fire Safe Council was lucky to have Southern California Edison Government Relations Manager Rondi Guthrie provide a remote presentation at our last General Meeting on August 27th. We were planning on recording the presentation to be posted here, but technical...
The Price of Saving Paradise

The Price of Saving Paradise

by Nic Elmquist | Dec 17, 2020 | Featured Presentations

In 2018, Paradise, California, lost over 80 percent of its homes to the Camp Fire. Now local leaders are proposing an ambitious scheme to protect the town from future blazes....
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