Archive for October 2021
Oct 26 Digest: This Week in Wildfire Recovery News
This is a digest of selected news and media that emerged over the last week related to wildfire emergencies, recovery efforts, and resilience building efforts in the American West. From Vox | September 22, 2021 A historical walk through a century of fire suppression. Decades of stopping forest fires have made them worse. Can we…
Read MoreThe wildfire firefighting workforce: Is there a scarcity of trained firefighters to meet current needs?
by Emily Irving It is a worry some may not want to think about. The 2021 fire season has already led to three of the largest California wildfires on record. But staff shortages in local, state, and federal fire departments pose a serious concern as fire sizes increase across the state. Aside from supply shortages,…
Read MoreONLINE EVENT: Ready for Rain – Land Care After Wildfire
About this Meeting This session was recorded, and the video is posted on our YouTube Channel View this information on our Events Calendar Rain is coming! Attend this Community to Community meeting of the Wildfire Survivor Network to hear from environmental scientists and land managers who have years of experience caring for burned land…
Read MoreOct 19 Digest: This Week in Wildfire Recovery News
This is a digest of selected news and media that emerged over the last week related to wildfire emergencies, recovery efforts, and resilience building efforts in the American West. Recent and Active Fire News Fire Destroys Brannan Island Mobile Home Community In MinutesFrom CBS Sacramento, by Marisa Perlman | October 12, 2021 A fast moving…
Read MoreWhat We Learned from Season(s) [One &] Two of the How to Disaster Podcast
Two seasons have passed since you walked this journey with us on How to Disaster. As we close the season and welcome another, we want to express our eternal gratitude to you for the support and love you’ve shown for the show. In this episode, Jennifer sums up heartwarming lessons we’ve learned about humanity, disaster,…
Read MoreWildfire Recovery Updates from After the Fire
Each year the wildfires across the West grow larger, more severe, and there are new communities faced with recovery and rebuilding. After the Fire’s CEO Jennifer Gray Thompson and COO Charles Brooks went through these experiences with the 2017 Sonoma County Complex fires and the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise respectively. But as the destructive…
Read MoreOctober 12 Digest: This Week in Wildfire Recovery News
This is a digest of selected news and media that emerged over the last week related to wildfire emergencies, recovery efforts, and resilience building efforts in the American West. Recent and Active Fire News Why the American west’s ‘wildfire season’ is a thing of the past – visualizedFrom The Guardian, By Gabrielle Canyon and Rashida…
Read MoreRemembrance and the Path Forward
Today marks four years since our lives and landscape changed in a megafire that swept across four counties for 23 days, destroying nearly 9,000 structures, and claiming 43 lives. Remembrance from Judy Coffey, After the Fire Board President Our October 2017 megafire marked the official beginning of an era of megafires that have since occupied…
Read MoreOctober 5 Digest: This Week in Wildfire Recovery News
This is a digest of selected news and media that emerged over the last week related to wildfire emergencies, recovery efforts, and resilience building efforts in the American West. Recent and Active Fire News Images of the KNP Complex Fire and a map of the fire zone. KNP Complex of fires crosses Generals Highway east…
Read MoreHow to Heal from Trauma and Rebuild Your Property After a Fire- Practical Lessons from a Woolsey Fire Survivor with Gary Jones Part 2
How to Heal from Trauma and Rebuild Your Property After a Fire- Practical Lessons from a Woolsey Fire Survivor with Gary Jones Part 2 “When the call for evacuation comes, take it seriously. When the fire is coming at you, you don’t have any time.” -Gary Jones “All the big decisions…
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