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QUICK TURNAROUND: Applications are open through August 25 for the next WTREX in Jalisco, Mexico!
Event details below. This event will be hosted in Spanish, and though some translation services may be available, the event will not be fully bilingual.
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This month we're focusing on sharing content related to wildfire safety and evacuation. Today's #FireNetworks blog is a roundup of topical resources from our blog archive.
Have a good safety/evac resource? Share it in the comments!
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Interested in how journalists report about fire? Tune in on APRIL 24, at 12pm CT, for the first webinar in the Talking Fire Webinar Series. Learn how journalists share their experiences on using different mediums to report fire. Click here for more info! https://t.co/IebbOrrExG
Will Joy, prescribed fire specialist for @nature_org, knows reintroducing fire to the landscape can reduce the spread and severity of wildfires. Last month, Joy and other fire practitioners completed a #controlledburn with the @forestservice in New Mexico.
https://t.co/6CclN0Tuzu
USFS Women in Fire Program is conducting a brief survey to learn more about retention of women in wildland #fire positions. The survey is open to current and former female #firefighters regardless of who you work(ed) for.
https://t.co/2zAMu028aM
The CA Spanish Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX) brought together 48 participants from 10 countries to practice #rxfire skills. The training was held entirely in Spanish! Two @USFWS firefighters, Agustin (Jaime) Rodriguez & Jose Palacios provided translation
📸 USFWS
North American Fire Director for the Nature Conservancy and Fire Networks Co-Director Marek Smith gave us some great shoutouts in this recent @lwf_pod episode.
A great listen to get up to date on what's happening in the world of fire!
https://t.co/6TjURXO9gM
@Nature_Fire
"I found an ally that honors my passion and enables me to work in fire without sacrificing all the other parts of life that energize me."
Elliot Nauert of @NCSUExtForestry on working for @Nature_Fire's burn crew in this week's #FireNetworks blog.
https://t.co/NZHcTWa1NS
We are proud to support and be part of the Fire Networks partnership. Thanks to the many, many network partners for the incredible you’re doing! https://t.co/TePpkTkirD
We're thrilled to see https://t.co/lSQ1EgSMRs - a shared online resource for the interconnected Fire Learning Network, Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Indigenous Peoples Burning Network, @WomensTrex & Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges!
🔥 WTREX is part of a larger partnership within the movement for #GoodFire, known as The Fire Networks.
We recently launched a website, which includes info and resources about the partnership and each individual network.
🔗 Check out the WTREX page here!
https://t.co/8B7m4E7AYc
The Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission report published this week includes 148 recommendations to help lead the nation toward a different relationship with wildfire, w/7 key themes: https://t.co/qzUL8mIZXa
The Wildland Fire Mitigation & Management Commission, charged w creating recommendations to address nearly every facet of the wildfire system, released its final report to Congress today.
See the report and its recommendations here: https://t.co/qzUL8mIZXa 📸Peter Buschmann
@nature_arizona & @nature_org collaborated with leading experts at @umontana @fcfcmontana & @usfs_rmrs to find new opportunities to reduce the risk of wildfire-caused carbon loss in forests in AZ & the West. The new research is published in @IOPenvironment https://t.co/EXKB1z6q9Z