Wildfire in the West
After the Fire Delegation Zooms to DC to Meet with Electeds Regarding Wildfire
During the fall of 2021, After the Fire hosted an ongoing virtual advocacy delegation of local elected officials, non-profit leaders, and community members to meet with our country’s senators and representatives regarding wildfire. Advocacy in the era of COVID-19 has shifted these kinds of meetings from in person in Washington DC, to a new virtual…
Read MoreNovember 30 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. Communities Navigating Recovery News Wildfire survivors form support group to help each other recoverFrom KGW8, by Christine Pitawanich | November 16, 2021 The Santiam Canyon Wildfire…
Read MoreNovember 23 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 Burnout: Firefighter Trauma Rises in the American WestFrom Reuters by Ned Parker | November 18, 2021 Mental health struggles increase among…
Read MoreNovember 16 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. Technology and Innovation News What Does It Take to Build a Disaster-Proof House?From the New York Times, by Candace Jackson | November 12, 2021 Homeowners in…
Read MoreNovember 9 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 Source: CalFire. Notes: All megafires shown here are from 1932 onward, when reliable records begin, according to CalFire. For 2021 fires,…
Read MoreNovember 2 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. Communities Navigating Recovery News Three California Towns Transformed by Wildfire: One Rebuilding, One in Ruins, One ThreatenedFrom SF Chronicle by JD Morris | October 30, 2021…
Read MoreOct 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 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 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…
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