Nic Elmquist | Santa Barbara Firesafe Council

Climate & Wildfire Institute

by Nic Elmquist | Jan 25, 2022 | Weather and Fire Environment

ACCELERATING SOLUTIONS FOR WILDFIRE AND CLIMATE We can reduce forest fire risk and counter many of the impacts of climate change through fast action based on science. The Climate and Wildfire Institute brings existing climate and wildfire science to policy and...

Featured Presentation: The Sundowner Winds Experiment (SWEX) Update

by Nic Elmquist | May 2, 2022 | Featured Presentations

UC Santa Barbara Professor, Dr. Leila Carvalho, provides an update to the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council at the April 28, 2022 Board Meeting. Dr. Carvalho details the measurements that are occurring over a six-week period to better understand our local...

Featured Presentation: Quantifying Insurance Benefits of a Nature-based Approach to Reducing Risk

by Nic Elmquist | Mar 28, 2022 | Featured Presentations

It was great to have Sydney Chamberlin from The Nature Conservancy to join us at the March 24, 2022. Her presentation focused on a project she helped lead quantifying the benefits of buffers around communities and the impacts these buffers have on reducing wildfire...

Featured Presentation: Wildfire and the Built Environment: Vulnerabilities and Mitigation Strategies

by Nic Elmquist | Jan 27, 2022 | Featured Presentations

It was an honor to have Dr. Steve Quarles from UC Cooperative Extension and retired Chief Scientist at the Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) Research Center, join us at the January 27, 2022 membership meeting. His well attended presentation focused on how...

Featured Presentation: SBC Regional Priority Plan

by Nic Elmquist | Nov 23, 2021 | Featured Presentations

The Regional Priority Plan is a visionary project funded by the California Coastal Conservancy to help Santa Barbara County organize and prioritize projects, programs, and policies to address the ongoing threat of wildfire in the region. The Cachuma Resource...