Living with Fire awareness campaign and virtual webinar series for Lake Tahoe residents

Tahoe Resource Conservation District, the University of Nevada Reno Extension, fire districts, and land management agencies at Lake Tahoe are embarking on a six-month-long Lake Tahoe Wildfire Awareness Campaign. This year's campaign will run from May through October with the theme: Is your home ignition resistant? The campaign encourages residents to get prepared for wildfires throughout the year by creating defensible space, addressing home ember vulnerabilities, and working together with neighborhood leaders and the community. Information and resources on how to prepare for wildfires will be continuously shared via their social media, Tahoe Living With Fire website, and monthly newsletter.

Throughout the campaign, partners of the Tahoe Network of Fire Adapted Communities will continue to provide information and resources at events across the Tahoe Basin. To keep in touch with the latest information and events this summer, please visit the Tahoe Living with Fire events page here.

As part of Nevada's Wildfire Awareness Campaign, the University of Nevada Reno Extension’s Living With Fire Program will be offering a series of webinars on wildfire-related topics. Check out some of their sessions below. To view their entire program this year please click here.

Wildfire Evacuation Preparedness
May 13, 2021 11:30 a.m.

Carson City Fire Department’s Deputy Emergency Manager, Jason Danen, will speak about emergency notification systems such as Code Red. Skyland Fire Adapted Communities’ leader and Douglas County CERT member, Ann Grant, will discuss items to prep for an evacuation-go bag and a stay box. Living With Fire Program Manager, Jamie Roice-Gomes will review the Living With Fire Program website features to aid with evacuation preparation. Register Here

Wildfire Smoke and Health
July 8, 2021 11:30 a.m.

Chris Smallcomb, National Weather Service – Reno office meteorologist and public information officer, will discuss smoke forecasting and models utilized to predict smoke. Brendan Schnieder, air quality specialist with the Washoe County Health District’s Air Quality Management Division will discuss wildfire smoke and health impacts. Register Here.

Home Hardening Q&A
August 12, 2021 11:30 a.m.

Join us for a question and answer (Q&A) workshop with Dr. Steve Quarles, University of California Cooperative Extension Advisor Emeritus, and the retired Chief Scientist for Wildfire and Durability, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety Research Center. The Q&A session will be focused on home hardening, or building or retrofitting homes to withstand wildfire. Register Here.

Prescribed Fire in Tahoe and Nevada
October 14, 2021 11:30 a.m.

Learn about prescribed fire and projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin and Nevada. Speakers include Keegan Schafer, fuels management officer with Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, and Duncan Leao, forest fuels and vegetation program manager from the U.S. Forest Service – Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Register Here.