When utilizing these toolkits, we encourage you to collaborate with local partners to facilitate community conversations and adopt a set of actions unique to your community.
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Nongovernmental organizations, local leaders, city planners, and elected officials are constantly weighing what programs, projects, regulations, and resources will help our communities withstand wildfire and keep the homeowners’ ability to choose at the center of their decisions.
Community Planning Tool
Use this County Leadership Guide to plan and recover from wildfires. (National Association of Counties)
Request Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire (CPAW) to reduce wildfire risks through improved land use planning. (Headwaters Economics)
Collaborate with local partners to create a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). (National Fire Administration)
Partner with state, tribal, and local governments to develop long-term strategies to protect people and property from natural hazards through hazard mitigation planning. (FEMA)
Community Recovery is always done at the local level!
A MUST READ: Joplin Pays it Forward – Leaders Share Recovery Lessons Learned
Develop a Community Organization Active in Disaster (COAD) before a disaster strikes so that you are ready to provide assistance to disaster victims. (Extension Disaster Network)
Use this Local Government Guide to Recovery as a framework to coordinate community recovery efforts. (Colorado Recovery and Resiliency Collaborative)
Contact WA Emergency Management to help with pre- and post-disaster recovery planning. Check-out these examples of long-term recovery plans shared by FEMA.
Technical and Financial Assistance
Work together to improve preparedness and respond to disasters using these Emergency preparedness resources, training, and research for individuals, communities, faith-based organizations, children, and community emergency response teams. (FEMA)
Help your community understand the public alert system, national disaster recovery framework, historic preservation, and more using these Tools for Practitioners! (FEMA)
Request technical assistance from Washington Emergency Management for business and private infrastructure continuity planning, school preparedness, pre- and post-disaster recovery planning, recovery, and Limited English Proficiency communications.
State and federal financial assistance and grant programs.
To connect with other professionals working on fire adaptation in the State, contact WAFAC members.
To learn how other professionals are applying fire adaptation practices and strategies in their place, read inspirational stories from the national Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network blog.
Community Coordinators + Organizers
tools you can use
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WHAT’S IN EACH TOOLKIT?
A 3-part video series
Presentation template with facilitator’s notes and talking points
Sample meeting/workshop agenda, including links to resources
HOW TO USE THE TOOLKITS
Everyone
- Select a topic.
- Watch the videos! Each set of videos can be viewed in about 20 minutes. The videos are in Spanish, with subtitles provided in English.
- Download the presentation template to review concepts introduced in the videos.
- Check-out the resources listed in the sample agendas.
Facilitators
- Use the sample agenda to provide a framework for community discussions. The resources listed can be used to develop content for presentations, increase understanding of the subject, and shared with event participants.
- Enter information unique to your place into the presentation. General talking points and presenter notes are provided for each topic.
- Incorporate the videos into presentations and share them with event participants.
Please feel free to download, use, and adapt the resources to fit your needs.
FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES
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What can we do to better prepare for wildfire, and how we as individuals can start to take action? Learn how to prepare our families, develop a family communication plan, how to sign up for emergency alerts, and engage your neighbors.
Videos
Spanish Audio/English Subtitles
SMOKE READY COMMUNITIES
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Smoke can impact even the healthiest individuals and there are actions that we can take to better live with smoke. In this module, you will learn how smoke can impact your health, what you can do to reduce its effects, and how to find air quality updates and recommendations to stay safe.
Videos
Spanish Audio/English Subtitles
PREPARING FOR EVACUATION
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This module will provide you with information that you need to know to safely evacuate. It will introduce notification systems, the steps to prepare for evacuation, what to expect at evacuation shelters, and best practices if you are unable to evacuate – a last resort.
IMPORTANT: You may not receive an evacuation alert/notice. If you feel unsafe at any time, leave immediately. Call 9-1-1.
Videos
Spanish Audio/English Subtitles
With gratitude and appreciation, this toolkit was supported by and developed in collaboration with Sachamama, WRCD staff, The Nature Conservancy, Community Advancement for Family Education, Nuestra Casa, Chelan County Fire District 1, Cascadia Conservation District, and the Latino Community Fund.
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This project was made possible through support provided by the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Department of Agriculture United State Forest Service (USFS), and The Watershed and Research and Training Center (WTRC) to the Washington Resource Conservation and Development Council (WRCD). The content and opinions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the USFS, BLM, DOI, WTRC, or the WRCD and no official endorsement should be inferred.
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ON A MISSION IN WASHINGTON
As handy as it might be, there is no road map or checklist for fire adaptation. The scale of our task and the geographically distinct regions of our state demand that smart people with different perspectives come together. Together, we’re making headway living with wildfire in Washington.
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