by Garett Dworman | Dec 19, 2021 | 2021 Wildfire Advent, Disaster Management, Hazards, Preparedness, Wildfire
Photo from WikiMedia Commons Prescribed burns are nothing new. Native Americans incorporated controlled burns into their culture not just to reduce wildfire fuel, but also as a vital tool in their agriculture and industry. “Indigenous people have been...
by Garett Dworman | Dec 17, 2021 | 2021 Wildfire Advent, Disaster Management, Hazards, Preparedness, Wildfire
In 2020, a series of wildfires burned in Napa county CA. My mom lived just 25 miles away. She was worried. She had heard that embers can blow miles downwind from a fire and burn down houses. Was she right to be worried? Short answer: No. The Napa fires never...
by Garett Dworman | Dec 15, 2021 | 2021 Wildfire Advent, Disaster Management, Hazards, Recovery, Wildfire
Just because the fire is gone, doesn’t mean the crisis is over. There is much to do after a fire has swept through your neighborhood. Returning home Here are some key safety steps Calfire urges you to take when returning home after being evacuated: First of...
by Garett Dworman | Dec 12, 2021 | 2021 Wildfire Advent, Disaster Management, Evacuation, Hazards, Preparedness, Recovery, Wildfire
Disaster management, one aspect of emergency management, provides a framework for understanding disasters and how we handle them. There is some debate about the specifics, but the model we have found most useful defines 5 steps: Prevention – We can take...
by Garett Dworman | Dec 9, 2021 | 2021 Wildfire Advent, Disaster Management, Evacuation, Hazards, Wildfire
“With the fires, my job was to leave.” So says Barbara, who had to evacuate in the face of the Santa Cruz fires. Outside of the very real trauma of potentially losing her home, she found that evacuation was “smooth and easy.” No traffic. No rushing. And no anxiety of...
