FIRE SCIENCES CORE CURRICULUM

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FIRE SCIENCES CORE CURRICULUM Module 5: Fire Prevention for Home and Landscape FIRE SCIENCES CORE CURRICULUM

COURSE OUTLINE Historical context for fires Risk assessment Resources available Designing and creating a fire-resistant home Defensible space: zones 1, 2, and 3 Defensible space treatments Ready, set, go! Public education campaigns War story

“Costs of Wildfires Could Swallow U.S. Forest Service Budget” HISTORICAL CONTEXT “Costs of Wildfires Could Swallow U.S. Forest Service Budget” “Bigger, Hotter, and Longer Wildfires are the New Normal as the Climate Changes in the West”

FIREWISE TOOLKIT Handout: Firewise Toolkit_2016.pdf http://www.firewise.org/wildfire-preparedness/firewise-toolkit.aspx Handout: Firewise Toolkit_2016.pdf

A DAY WITH SMOKEY A day in the woods with Smokey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idS-ryvoGxI

RISK ASSESSMENT Fire Risk Assessment: Pre-Plans

FIRE-RESISTANT HOME Designing and creating a fire-resistant home

FIRE-RESISTANT HOME Designing and creating a fire-resistant home

HOME CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES

HOME CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES

ARE YOU FIREWISE? Defensible Space zones 1, 2 & 3

DEFENSIBLE SPACE Defensible space treatments Slash Disposal Thinning Pruning Slash Disposal Prescribed Fire

ACTION STEPS Action Steps Around Your Home http://www.firewise.org/wildfire-preparedness/be-firewise/home-and-landscape/defensible-space.aspx Action Steps Around Your Home

READY, SET, GO! https://www.grantspassoregon.gov/924/Disaster-Preparedness---Ready-Get-Set-Go

PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS

FIRE SCIENCE CORE CURRICULUM THANKS! AND BE FIRE SAFE