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Event Address: Direct Relief: 6100 Wallace Becknell Rd, Santa Barbara, CA
FREE one-day educational workshop on home hardening and defensible space. Learn about home/landscaping vulnerabilities and solutions to prepare homes for the next wildfire. You MUST RSVP, click here to RSVP. Free lunch and 2 raffle tickets will be provided for in-person attendees.
Friday, March 24th: 10 am-1:30 pm
In person only
- 10:00am-10:15am: Fire Ecology Overview – Nic Elmquist, Montecito Fire, Wildland Specialist
- 10:15am-11:00am: Defensible Space – Rob Hazard, SB County Fire, Fire Marshall
- 11:00am-11:10am: Ten minute break
- 11:10am-12:15pm: Home Hardening Part I – Dave Shew, Wildfire Defense Works, National Wildfire Expert
- 12:15pm-12:45pm: Lunch
- 12:45pm-1:30 pm: Home Hardening Part II – Dave Shew, Wildfire Defense Works, National Wildfire Expert
Saturday, March 25th: 10 am-1:30 pm, 2 pm-5:30 pm
* In person and virtual viewing option. You can find the link to the live stream HERE.
- Overview – Nic Elmquist, Montecito Fire, Wildland Specialist
- 10:15am-11:00am: Defensible Space – Nic Elmquist, Montecito Fire, Wildland Specialist
- 11:00am-11:10am: Ten minute break
- 11:10am-12:15pm: Home Hardening Part I – Dave Shew, Wildfire Defense Works, National Wildfire Expert
- 12:15pm-12:45pm: Lunch
- 12:45pm-1:30 pm: Home Hardening Part II – Dave Shew, Wildfire Defense Works, National Wildfire Expert
- 2:00pm-2:45pm: Future of Wildfire Insurance
- 2:00pm-5:30pm: Home Hardening and Defensible Space Public Exposition
Saturday Livestream Links
- 10am-1:30pm: The Home Hardening and Defensible Space Workshop. Please access the workshop through THIS link or copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIFHWryApR4
- 2:00pm-2:45pm: The Future of Wildfire Insurance talk and Q&A. Please access the talk through THIS link or copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_PRPHjVQZU
Reminder, on only Saturday, March 25th, 2 pm-5:30 pm there is a free exposition open to the public that continues to explore home hardening and defensible space concepts. NO RSVP is needed to attend
the exposition. The exposition is being kicked off at 2 pm with a 45min talk and Q&A about the Future of Wildfire Insurance by National Wildfire Expert Dave Shew: Former Cal Fire staff chief and more than 30 years of experience with Cal Fire. You can find more information on Dave on his company website: https://www.wildfiredefenseworks.com/ .There will also be many exciting exhibits such as our interactive home retrofit and defensible space models, plant ID table, hands-on vent retrofit demonstration, firefighter Q&A, fire extinguisher training, and a raffle! Raffle prizes include Fire Extinguishers, vent materials, copies of Hughie and the Fire Service, gift cards, and more!
This presentation will be live-streamed, you can find that link HERE.
For questions, please contact us at sbfiresafecouncil@gmail.com
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