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SUMMARY:Nevada Wildfire Awareness Campaign: Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Campaign webpage. \nFirewise landscaping\, May 10\, 11:30–1 PDT\, Webinar recording \n\nThis webinar is presented with the University’s Wendy Hanson Mazet\, Certified Arborist\, and Extension Plant Diagnostician. She has expertise in horticulture\, arboriculture\, noxious weeds\, and vegetable and low water use gardening.\n\nWildfire evacuation preparedness\, May 13\, 11:30–1 PDT\, Webinar recording \n\nThis webinar is presented with the University’s Osher Life Learning Institute\, a member-driven organization offering short-term educational experiences for older adults in northern Nevada. Deputy Emergency Manager Jason Danen\, with the Carson City Fire Department\, will speak about emergency notification systems such as Code Red and other forms of communication to the public during a wildfire. In addition\, Skyland Fire Adapted Communities’ Leader and Douglas County Community Emergency Response Team Member Ann Grant will discuss items to prepare for an evacuation go bag and a stay box.\n\nPerspectives of a wildland fire investigator\, May 18\, 11:30–1 PDT\, Webinar recording \n\nFire Mitigation and Education Specialist/Fire Trespass Coordinator Bradley Milam\, with the Bureau of Land Management\, will share wildfire investigation experiences. Forest Fire Prevention Officer Jennifer Diamond\, with the U.S. Forest Service – Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest\, will share some fire prevention tips.\n\nThe timeline of climate\, weather and fire\, June 10\, 11:30–1 PDT\, Webinar recording \n\nClimatology Research Professor Tim Brown\, also director of the Western Regional Climate Center\, will discuss how weather and climate influence fire in Nevada.\n\nProtect\, prevent and prepare with NV energy\, June 24\, 12–1:30 PDT\, Powerpoint presentation \n\nNatural Disaster Protection Plan Director James Saavdra and Director of Delivery Operations Zeina Randall\, both with NV Energy\, will discuss how NV Energy is working with customers and partners using innovative strategies to reduce the risk of wildfire to Nevadans.\n\nWildfire smoke and health\, July 8\, 11:30– 1 PDT\, Webinar recording \n\nMeteorologist and Public Information Officer Chris Smallcomb\, from the National Weather Service – Reno office\, will discuss smoke forecasting and models used to predict smoke. Air Quality Specialist Brendan Schnieder\, with the Washoe County Health District’s Air Quality Management Division\, will discuss wildfire smoke and health impacts.\n\nHome hardening Q&A\, Aug. 12\, 11:30– 1 PDT\, Webinar recording \n\nLiving With Fire will host a question-and-answer workshop with Steve Quarles\, who is both University of California Cooperative Extension Advisor Emeritus and the retired Chief Scientist for Wildfire and Durability\, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety Research Center. The session will focus on “home hardening\,” defined as building or retrofitting homes to withstand wildfire. Watch a previous presentation on this topic online.\n\nReseeding and flood after wildfire\, Sept. 9\, 11:30–1 PDT\, Webinar recording \n\nForester Anna Higgins with the Nevada Division of Forestry\, Ecologist Mark Freese with the Nevada Department of Wildlife\, and Project Manager Danae Olson with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will discuss reseeding landscapes\, and preparing for potential flood after wildfire.\n\nPrescribed fire in Tahoe and Nevada\, Oct. 14\, 11:30–1 PDT\, Webinar recording \n\nFuels Management Officer Keegan Schafer with Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District and Forest Fuels and Vegetation Program Manager Duncan Leao with the U.S. Forest Service – Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest will discuss prescribed fire and projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin and Nevada.
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