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 (opens in new tab) Wildfire survivors form support group to help each other recover(opens in new tab)From KGW8, by Christine Pitawanich |…
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 (opens in new tab) Burnout: Firefighter Trauma Rises in the American West(opens in new tab)From Reuters by Ned Parker | November…
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 (opens in new tab) What Does It Take to Build a Disaster-Proof House?(opens in new tab)From the New York Times, by Candace…
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 (opens in new tab) Three California Towns Transformed by Wildfire: One Rebuilding, One in Ruins, One Threatened(opens in new tab)From SF Chronicle…
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 (opens in new tab) Fire Destroys Brannan Island Mobile Home Community In Minutes(opens in new tab)From CBS Sacramento, by Marisa Perlman…
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 (opens in new tab) Why the American west’s ‘wildfire season’ is a thing of the past – visualized(opens in new tab)From…
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