Northwest California Regional Fire Safe Council Conference - December 10 - 11 - DRAFT Agenda Highlights

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Northwest California Regional Fire Safe Council Conference outlines a two-day program bringing Fire Safe Council partners together to network, share successes and challenges, and address common wildfire-related issues. The agenda includes Humboldt County community fire protection plan map review, regional kickoff with introductions and an agency panel, a successes panel on capacity building and CWPP work, and sessions on biomass utilization, fuels treatments, home survival design, best management practices, and cost-share programs. Desired outcomes focus on clarifying roles, enabling collaboration, identifying strategies and challenges, and strengthening ties with local fire departments.

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DRAFT Agenda Highlights

December 10 (Thursday)

December 11 (Friday)

Desired Conference Outcomes

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Northwest California Regional
Fire Safe Council Conference December 10th & 11 th
Fortuna Fire Hall
Fortuna, CA
This conference continues in the tradition of periodically gathering Northwest California Fire Safe Councils to network, share successes and challenges, and to discuss solutions to common issues. The purpose of the conference is to:
⎯ Support regionalized networking among Fire Safe Council representatives
⎯ Foster cross-training activities important to Fire Safe Councils
⎯ To provide useful tools to build successful Fire Safe Councils within the region so they may be effective in reducing the risk of wildfire damage to local communities and resources.
Who Should Attend
Partners from the Northwest California region involved in wildfire prevention, protection, and management: |
Sponsors:
CAL FIRE
California Fire Safe Council County of Humboldt
Humboldt County Fire Safe Council
University of California Cooperative Extension
USDA Forest Service
Van Duzen Watershed Fire Safe Council | | --- | --- | | ⎯ Existing FSCs within Humboldt County
⎯ Neighboring FSCs from northwestern California
⎯ Representatives from communities interested in starting a FSC or becoming Firewise
⎯ Representatives from local fire departments
⎯ Federal and state fire managers
⎯ Other interested agency and community representatives
| Where to register:
Pre-registration is required by Thursday December 3rd , space is limited
To register please contact UCCE: [http://cehumboldt.ucdavis.edu](http://cehumboldt.ucdavis.edu)[ ](http://cehumboldt.ucdavis.edu)or call 707-445-7351
Cost: $10 (includes meals, scholarships are available to cover registration and travel costs if needed)
Payment: Credit Card payments are available, or send checks payable to UC Regents at UC Cooperative Extension, 5630 S. Broadway, Eureka, CA 95503
Travel and lodging Information available at:
[http://cehumboldt.ucdavis.edu](http://cehumboldt.ucdavis.edu)[ ](http://cehumboldt.ucdavis.edu)[Location:](Location: Fortuna Fire Hall)[ Fortuna Fire Hall](Location: Fortuna Fire Hall) (320 S.
Fortuna Blvd, Fortuna, CA 95540) | | | | |
DRAFT Agenda Highlights
December 10-Thursday
Part One Humboldt County Specific Discussion
8:00-9:00 Registration, continental breakfast (provided)
9:00-12:00 Review Humboldt County Community Fire Protection Plan maps among local Humboldt County FSCsand agency partners
Part Two Regional Kickoff
12:00-1:00 Lunch (Provided) and afternoon registration
1:00-1:05 Welcome – Will Harling (Humboldt County FSC)
1:05-2:30 Introductions, FSC’s share challengesand successes
2:30-3:20 Agency Panel: Air Quality, USFS, CALFIRE, BLM
3:40 – 5:00 FSCs successes panel: discussion of FSC capacity building, CWPP development and monitoring, insurance, liability and fiscal sponsorship issues, maintaining community involvement, sustainable funding sources and more.
5:00 Review of Day Two and evening activities.
5:05 Evening mixer (we’ll meet at local establishment)
December 11-Friday
8:00-8:30 Registration, continental breakfast (provided)
8:30–9:00 Welcome: Chair Humboldt County FSC, Humboldt County Supervisor (invited), Humboldt-Del Norte CAL FIRE Unit Chief, Six Rivers National Forest Supervisor (invited), California Fire Safe Council
9:00 –10:15 Woody Biomass Utilization: Dr. Han-Sup Han (Humboldt State University); Gareth Mayhead (UC Berkeley); Jeff Bryant (Jeff Bryant Forestry Inc.); Joe Stutler (Deschutes County Forester)
10:30-12:00 Fuels Treatments: Where do we go from here? Dr.
Morgan Varner (Humboldt State University); Carl Skinner (Pacific Southwest Research Station); Lenya Quinn Davidson (Humboldt State University)
12:00-1:00 Lunch (Provided)
1:00–1:30 Building materials and design for home survival in wildfire prone areas: Steve Quarles (UC Cooperative Extension)
1:30–2:00 Best management practices: Natural Resour

FAQs

Who should attend the Northwest California Regional Fire Safe Council Conference?

Partners from the Northwest California region involved in wildfire prevention, protection, and management, including existing and neighboring FSC representatives, communities interested in starting a FSC or becoming Firewise, local fire departments, federal and state fire managers, and other interested agency and community representatives.

How do attendees register, and what is the cost?

Pre-registration is required by Thursday, December 3rd, since space is limited. The cost is $10, which includes meals; scholarships are available to cover registration and travel costs if needed, with credit card payments available or checks payable to UC Regents at UC Cooperative Extension.

What are the conference’s key outcomes?

The conference aims to clarify roles across organizations and agencies involved in wildfire mitigation, identify collaboration opportunities, document common challenges and potential strategies, support networking and resource compilation for FSCs, increase community participation, and strengthen links between local FSCs and local fire departments where they do not already exist.

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