by Susanne | Dec 19, 2021 | 2021 Wildfire Advent, Hazards, Wildfire
Remember the wildfire in Bambi? Where Bambi and all other the animals are running for their lives from the wildfire? The fire that was started by an unattended campfire? The scary thing is, this scenario is both realistic — animals try to outrun a wildfire —...
by Susanne | Dec 16, 2021 | 2021 Wildfire Advent, Disaster Management, Hazards, Wildfire
Photo from InciWeb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “What people don’t often realize is that hand crews are kind of the cornerstone … putting in hand lines, that’s essentially the way we stop the fire from growing.” — Mike Johnson, Assistant Fire...
by Susanne | Dec 14, 2021 | 2021 Wildfire Advent, Disaster Management, Evacuation, Hazards, Wildfire
Mary has a little lamb. In fact, she has twenty-seven of them. One day, a wildfire breaks out. Mary, her farm, and all her little lambs are in the evacuation zone. Mary’s lambs and all their moms won’t fit into her pickup truck, so she doesn’t want to go. Can...
by Susanne | Dec 11, 2021 | 2021 Wildfire Advent, Disaster Management, Earthquake, Hazards, Preparedness, Wildfire
If you want to go beyond protecting your house from wildfire, and help your community to prepare, there’s some good news. Community organizing takes commitment and hard work. But it can be a lot of fun, and, in the case of wildfire preparedness, there’s help to...
by Susanne | Dec 8, 2021 | 2021 Wildfire Advent, Disaster Management, Hazards, Wildfire
Fighting a wildfire is not like fighting a house fire. When a house is on fire, the goal is to put the fire out as quickly as possible. This is mostly accomplished by pouring water on the flames, depriving it of oxygen and reducing the temperature of...
