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1 Welcome! Please sign in using the chat box. Share your name, affiliation and which pilot community you are working with. FIRE-ADAPTED COMMUNITIES LEARNING NETWORK SECOND QUARTER WEBINAR DEC 13, 2013 Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network

2 Effective Communications and Partnership Engagement Agenda Network Business Update Learning Topic Presentation by Georgia partners Presentation by Minnesota partners Presentation by Lake Tahoe partners Presentation by Colorado partners Discussion about Communications and Partnership Engagement will all webinar participants

3 Update on FAC Network Project Developments Learning and Sharing Plans Communications Materials Technical Briefs/Quick Guides Community Assessment Tool

4 Upcoming FAC Net Activities Important dates: December 31 st mid-term project period ends January 15 th mid-term reports due (we will also handle any work plan adjustments as part of the mid-term reporting process) March 14 th third quarter webinar Learning Topic TBD June 2 nd -6 th Annual Meeting proposed dates. We re working on securing a location in Colorado. We ll make more information about this available asap June 13 th fourth quarter webinar Learning Topic TBD. Year 1 final reports due June 30 th issue 2 nd year awards based on negotiated proposals

5 Questions?

6 Chestatee-Chattahoochee RC&D Council Towns County, Georgia Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network Pilot Project-2013

7 Lake Chatuge, Towns County Georgia

8 Those we ve engaged with: Towns County Fire Rescue Towns County Fire Corps (Volunteer organization) Towns County Sole County Commissioner Towns County Sheriffs Department Towns County Planning Towns County EMA Towns County School Superintendent/School System Towns County County-wide Homeowners Association Georgia Forestry Commission USDA Forest Service-Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests The Nature Conservancy Southern Governors Association Georgia State Fire Marshal Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporation Young Harris College Local Libraries (2) Firewise Communities (6 exist-5 more coming on board) Various NE Georgia County Commissioners

9 Special events/meetings: Eleven FAC meetings with collaborators to educate/plan activities-may-september RC&D-Presentations to 13 individual County Commissioner(s) meetings-july-october Collaborators-Georgia Mountain Fair-August RC&D-Wildfire Safe, Sound, & Code Smart Conference-October Collaborators-Firewise Communities Program Week-November Collaborators-Various civic organizations presentations-november RC&D-Georgia Mountains Regional Commission presentation-november Collaborators-Development and formation of Citizens Coalition meeting-december IAFC public service announcement filming in Hiawassee-December

10 Towns County FAC Website-designed by the Georgia Forestry Commission

11 Towns County Commissioner signs Firewise Communities Program Proclamation for the week of November 3 rd -9 th, 2013

12 Examples of electronic sign usage

13 1-Courthouse display with materials 2-Ingle s Market event 3-Fieldstone Theater advertisement 1 2 3

14 Towns County Middle School Ag Class Good Fire and Bad Fire

15 Firewise Day Events- Chipper Days using Secure Rural Schools Title III funds-3 accomplished this week

16 Fire Learning Network involvement with The Nature Conservancy This pilot project will be included as a goal for the expansion of the Southern Blue Ridge Fire Learning Network in the Southern Appalachians

17 What s next? Citizens Coalition involvement Move forward with projects related to elements First quarter 2014-present to another location

18 Great Lakes FAC Hub - Effective Communications and Partnership Engagement Major learning event: Attended Minnesota-statewide Firewise meeting in early-october (first of it s kind for the state and result of long-time leadership vision) Results: -Identified need to develop case studies to tell the story about what is working/needed with FAC/Firewise in the state (celebrate successes, influence others, build momentum, etc) -Identified opportunities to address needs & opportunities in Ely with specific activities: - Explore local leadership potential to adapt county-cwpp to community - Collaborate with Red Cross on training - Host panel presentation about FAC for 2014 Regenerate Ely Speaker Series - Investigate barriers to successful recruitment of Level 2 assessors, followup opportunities, motivational activities

19 FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES LAKE TAHOE BASIN

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21 1989 Neighbors for Defensible Space Block Parties Built grassroots support for a prescribed fire program

22 First prescribed fire in district 1995

23 2007 Angora Fire 3000 acres 250 homes destroyed $160 Million costs Governors Blue Ribbon Commission

24 $5 Million in federal funding 2008

25 2008 TAHOE FIRE & FUELS TEAM

26 2008 Planning Finance Operations

27 SUMMER 2011

28 NVFSC federal funding $15 Million since 2008 $6 Million in reserves SUMMER 2011

29 Nevada Fire Safe Council: 60 Tahoe Fire Safe Chapters Over 3000 members Defensible space rebates Annual conferences SUMMER 2011

30 Multimedia ad campaigns Mailers Newspapers TV and Radio Spots Social Media Op-eds SUMMER 2011

31 SUMMER 2011 Defensible Space and Fuels Treatment Databases

32 SUMMER 2011 Basin Fire Districts: Five 20-person hand crews 2 chipping crews 4 foresters Over 120 full-time personnel supported by NVFSC grant funding

33 Cumulatuve Acres Treated SUMMER 2011 Fuels Reduction Treatments Defensible Space Inspections Year 1 (08) year 2 (09) Year 3 (10) Year 4 (11) Target Acres Acres Treated Total

34 SUMMER 2011

35 BLM Tahoe Grants USFS Tahoe Grants $8,000,000 $5,000,000 -$500,000 -$500,000 -$1,000,000 -$1,500,000 BLM Nevada Grants $1,000,000 Indirect Costs

36 2012 NVFSC declares bankruptcy $2.5 Million owed Zero assets

37 2012 Lost trust from residents Chapter leaders without support Fire districts without funding Strained communication with federal agencies

38 2013 AND BEYOND Re-engaging the public: Block Parties Community Work Days Community Forestry Guides

39 2013 AND BEYOND Maintaining Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team Structure Preparing for new funding opportunities Minimizing financial risk from grants There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. -John F. Kennedy

40 Strategies, Successes and Challenges Front Range Fire Adapted Communities

41 Different ways to tell the story - Photo Series, Picto Charts,

42 STUDIO M METRO STATE UNIVERSITY

43 Innovation in Engagement Local Professionals (Architects, Landscapers) Training Workshops Local Businesses (Restaurants, Equipment Rental Shops) On-Site Customer Workshops Coupons Fuels Mitigation Kits Fire Professionals Round Tables Saw Crews Neighbors Kick-Off Event NFPA Community Day of Service Neighborhood Work Days K-12 Education Scouts, Honor Society, Service Projects

44 Explaining the Risk and Expanding the Impact

45 Governmental Immunity, Liability and the Use of Rx fire in Colorado Colorado's government would no longer have immunity from lawsuits over prescribed fires that get out of control under the terms of an agreement state leaders announced -

46 Next steps FRFAC Kick Off Event March 1, 2014 Day of Service Event May Continue Fighting the Good Fight!