tools you can use
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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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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 LANDSCAPES
This module introduces the role and benefits of fire on the landscape, some of the factors driving the frequency and severity of wildfires in our region, and why it is important to prepare our communities to live safely with wildfire.
Videos
Spanish with English Subtitles
FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES
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 with English Subtitles
PREPARING FOR EVACUATION
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 with English Subtitles
SMOKE READY COMMUNITIES
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 with English Subtitles
PREPARING YOUR HOME AND LANDSCAPE
This module focuses on how homes ignite during a wildfire and actions that you can take to protect your home.
Videos
Spanish with English Subtitles
Fire Adapted Methow Valley developed and implemented an equity-based wildfire risk mitigation program (EMP) guides and toolkits to help those who are working with historically marginalized, underserved, and overburdened communities to reduce their wildfire risk. The toolkit includes a report of their findings and lessons learned, a guide for program implementation, and an anticipated timeline for program development and implementation.
TRAUMA & EMOTIONAL HEALTH
This module focuses on the emotional impacts assocaiated with a wildfire, acknowledging that this will be a difficult and taxing process.
Sample Agenda + Resources (English & Spanish)
Presentation Template + Talking Points (English & Spanish)
English
Espanol
during the fire & evacuation
This module focuses what to do when you, and your family, are evacuated. This is an expansion of the Before the Fire Module and focuses on what to expect if you are evacuated.
Sample Agenda + Resources (English & Spanish)
Presentation Template + Talking Points (English & Spanish)
English
Espanol
returning home safely
This module focuses on how to stay safe when returning home after a wildfire, the types of hazards you might find around the home, and the new risks in a post-fire landscape/environment.
Sample Agenda + Resources (English & Spanish)
Presentation Template + Talking Points (English & Spanish)
English
Espanol
insurance claims & clean-up
This module focuses on assessing your home, insurance claims, and clean-up.
Sample Agenda + Resources (English & Spanish)
Presentation Template + Talking Points (English & Spanish)
English
Espanol
ongoing relief & recovery
This module focuses on the longer-term components of wildfire recovery and how to get assistance when rebuilding and recovering after a wildfire.
Sample Agenda + Resources (English & Spanish)
Presentation Template + Talking Points (English & Spanish)
English
Spanish
With gratitude and appreciation, the Before the Fire Toolkit was developed in collaboration with Washington Resource Conservation & Development County, Sachamama, The Nature Conservancy, Community Advancement for Family Education, Nuestra Casa, Chelan County Fire District 1, Cascadia Conservation District, and the Latino Community Fund. Financial support was provided by the Washington Resource Conservation & Development Council, The Nature Conservancy, and US Bureau of Land Management.
With gratitude and appreciation, the After the Fire Toolkit was developed in collaboration with Washington Resources Conservation & Development County, Okanogan County Long-Term Recovery, Climate Talks, and the Latino Community Fund. Financial support was provided by the Washington Resource Conservation & Development Council and the Washington Department of Natural Resources.
