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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...

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.

The Fire Environment Concept

by sbfirescadmin | May 8, 2020 | Resources, Weather and Fire Environment

If We Imagine A Layer Of Vegetation Added To The Topography, We Have The Second Influence-the Fuel. It Is The Source Of Thermal Energy And The Driving Force Behind The Phenomena Of Fire Behavior.

Sundowner winds

by sbfirescadmin | May 8, 2020 | Resources, Weather and Fire Environment

Along the Pacific coastline, beneath the ridges and canyons of the Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara, California enjoys some of the earth’s most favorable weather.

Native Peoples’ Relationship to the California Chaparral

by sbfirescadmin | May 8, 2020 | Resources, Weather and Fire Environment

Ethnographic interviews and historical literature reviews provide evidence that for many tribes of California, chaparral plant communities were a rich source of food, medicines, and technologies and that they supplemented natural fires with deliberate burning of...

A summary of current trends and probable future trends in climate and climate-driven processes in the Los Padres National Forest and neighboring lands

by sbfirescadmin | May 8, 2020 | Resources, Weather and Fire Environment

This summary of climate and climate driven trends in southern California is a product of the Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Region Ecology Program.

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The Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council has staff to help support communities interested in becoming certified in the Firewise USA program. Learn more about the program and the benefits it provides in this short video highlighting our local community. Click HERE to view the video created by Ethan Turpin from the Burn Cycle Project.