Wildfire Wednesdays #34: Wildfire Wednesdays Live Tonight - Home Hazard Assessment

Hi Fireshed Members,

Wildfire Wednesdays Live is on tonight at 6pm. Information below.

Also, our partners at Fire Adapted Communities New Mexico (FAC NM) plan to host more virtual peer-learning opportunities this winter. The goal is to build the connections and common understanding needed to mobilize our communities for wildfire adaptation work leading into the 2021 fire season.

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This week’s Wildfire Wednesday newsletter features:

  • Information about Wildfire Wednesday Live, tonight at 6pm!

  • Re-introducing the Home Hazard Assessment

Best,

Gabe

Wildfire Wednesdays Live, Tonight at 6pm!

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After a couple week hiatus we are back on for Wildfire Wednesdays Live tonight. Previous sessions introduced The Greater Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition and provided some background fire ecology information for the Fireshed landscape. This week’s session will build on these past two livestreams by focusing individual risk and actions of residents within the Santa Fe Fireshed landscape.

To join the Facebook livestream at 6pm on Wednesday, November 18th, click here.

Home Hazard Assessment

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The prospect of preparing your home for fire season can seem overwhelming, since planning for any disaster means imaging the worst. So, to get started the best thing to do is to create a plan and then begin with the easiest tasks.

To assist in making a plan we’d like to re-introduce the Home Hazard Assessment Guide. With this guide and the accompanying worksheet you can assess the areas of your home that could use improvement and then keep track as you work to improve them. This short guide covers all the areas that you might be concerned about that might cause your home to ignite.

To access the Home Hazard Assessment, click here.