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Webinar: Wildfire Evacuation and Personal Preparedness

Join us for a FREE 1-hour webinar on wildfire preparedness for Marin residents.

As Marin residents, we all share responsibility to be prepared for wildfires. Wildfires are a natural part of our environment, and it’s imperative that we build our homes, maintain our landscapes, and prepare our families for the next major fire.

Learn about your community’s wildfire risk and hazard, and what you can do about it from the wildfire experts at Fire Safe Marin.

Webinar Topic: Are you and your family prepared to safely evacuate when a wildfire strikes? This session will cover emergency alerts and notifications, personal safety during a wildfire event, evacuation preparedness, go-kits, evacuation routes, and how to evacuate safely.

Registration is encouraged, but not required.  


Online Webinar Information

You are invited to attend Fire Safe Marin's Zoom webinar.
When: Monday, May 4, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time
Topic: Living With Fire: Wildfire Evacuation and Personal Preparedness

Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89002272179

Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +16699009128,,89002272179# or +13462487799,,89002272179#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 669 900 9128 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 558 8656 or +1 301 715 8592
Webinar ID: 890 0227 2179
International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kedQOkx824

Free

Webinar: Preparing Your Home for Embers & Zone Zero

Join us for a FREE 1-hour webinar on wildfire preparedness for Marin residents.

As Marin residents, we all share responsibility to be prepared for wildfires. Wildfires are a natural part of our environment, and it’s imperative that we build our homes, maintain our landscapes, and prepare our families for the next major fire.

Learn about your community’s hazard and what you can do about it from the wildfire experts at Fire Safe Marin.

Webinar Topic: Is your home ready to survive a wildfire? This session will cover how homes ignite during wildfires (hint: it's the embers!), the basic concepts of "home hardening," home maintenance, and the importance of maintaining defensible space "Zone Zero."

Registration is encouraged, but not required.  


Online Webinar Information

You are invited to attend Fire Safe Marin's Zoom webinar.
When: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time
Topic: Living With Fire: Preparing Your Property for Embers and Zone Zero

Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82465219473

Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +16699009128,,82465219473# or +13462487799,,82465219473#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 669 900 9128 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 558 8656
Webinar ID: 824 6521 9473
International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbiRdrj8b8

Free

Fire-Smart Landscaping Webinar

Join us tonight for a Webinar on Fire-Smart Landscaping! Presented by UC Marin Master Gardeners and Fire Safe Marin, this one hour presentation will introduce you to the concepts and techniques required to create a Fire-Smart, fire-resistant landscape around your home. Defensible Space saves homes, and this should be priority one for every Marin resident.

Click here to register!

Free

CANCELLED: Living With Fire: Fairfax (Webinar)

SEMINAR CANCELLED - PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES - WE WILL RESCHEDULE ASAP. 


Join us for a FREE 90 minute webinar on wildfire preparedness for Marin residents. (NOTE: This was originall scheduled as an in-person seminar.  Due to COVID-19, we're moving online - this webinar will still be geared towards Fairfax residents, with local specific information).

As Marin residents, we all share responsibility to be prepared for wildfires.  Wildfires are a natural part of our environment, and it’s imperative that we build our homes, maintain our landscapes, and prepare our families for the next major fire. 

Learn about your community’s hazard and what you can do about it from the wildfire experts at Ross Valley Fire Department District and Fire Safe Marin.

  • Are you and your family prepared to safely evacuate when a wildfire strikes?
  • Is your home vulnerable to igniting from wildfire embers?
  • Does your home have adequate Defensible Space?
  • Are you interested in working with neighbors and land managers to reduce fire risk in your community? 

This workshop is intended primarily for residents, homeowners, and regular visitors to Fairfax and Marin County, CA.  Registration online at www.firesafemarin.org/events is encouraged, but not required. 

Free

Living With Fire in Marin: Current North Bay Fire Trends and What We’re Doing to Prepare

Join us for the Living With Fire in Marin County webinar on Tuesday, July 28 at 6pm. Hear from Mark Brown, Deputy Chief of the Marin County Fire Department and Katie Rice, Marin County Supervisor, about current North Bay fire trends and learn what Marin County is doing to prepare.

The first in Fire Safe Marin's new online webinar series.

When: Jul 28, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Living With Fire in Marin: Current North Bay Fire Trends and What We're Doing to Prepare.

Join this webinar via Zoom:
https://firesafemarin.zoom.us/j/87382415962

Or Telephone:
Dial 1 669 900 9128
Webinar ID: 873 8241 5962

Thanks for attending Fire Safe Marin's online webinars.
www.firesafemarin.org

Free

Living With Fire: Novato

Join us for a FREE 2-hour seminar on wildfire preparedness for Marin residents.

As Marin residents, we all share responsibility to be prepared for wildfires.  Wildfires are a natural part of our environment, and it’s imperative that we build our homes, maintain our landscapes, and prepare our families for the next major fire. 

Learn about your community’s hazard and what you can do about it from the wildfire experts at Novato Fire Protection District and Fire Safe Marin.

  • Are you and your family prepared to safely evacuate when a wildfire strikes?
  • Is your home vulnerable to igniting from wildfire embers?
  • Does your home have adequate Defensible Space?
  • Are you interested in working with neighbors and land managers to reduce fire risk in your community? 

This workshop is intended primarily for residents, homeowners, and regular visitors to Novato and Marin County, CA.  Registration online at www.firesafemarin.org/events is encouraged, but not required. 

Free

Webinar: How Wildfires Burn

How Wildfires Burn. Join Yana Valachovic (UC Cooperative Extension Forest Advisor) and Steve Quarles (UC Cooperative Extension Advisor emeritus) discussing the influence of weather and topography on fire spread and how creating defensible space can protect your home. Together they will introduce the topic of home hardening, a topic more extensively covered in future Fire Safe Marin webinars. 

Join on Facebook live stream or via Zoom here:
https://firesafemarin.zoom.us/j/87382415962

Or by telephone:
1 669 900 9128  
Webinar ID: 873 8241 5962

Free

Webinar: Home Hardening 1

Home Hardening 1

This month Fire Safe Marin's website will address the vulnerability of your home to wildfire and steps you can take to improve the chance your home can survive. Many of the steps you can take to improve its ability to resist ignition from wind-blown embers include changes to your vents, decks, and roof. Join Fire Safe Marin board members Steve Quarles', Ph.D., and special guest Jack Cohen, Ph.D., for an informative discussion.

Join on Facebook live stream or via Zoom here:
https://firesafemarin.zoom.us/j/87382415962

Or by telephone:
1 669 900 9128  
Webinar ID: 873 8241 5962

Free

Webinar: Zone Zero – the Critical First 5 ft. with Jack Cohen, Steve Quarles, and Todd Lando

Zone 0 - Ground Zero When Protecting Your Home From Embers

Fire Safe Marin is honored to host well-known wildfire scientists Jack Cohen and Steve Quarles, along with our own Todd Lando for a deep dive discussion on the concepts of defensible space, focusing on the near home non-Combustible zone and the importance of the first 5 feet.

We'll cover the history of our understanding of how homes ignite and how recent wildfires have changed our understanding, the current state of science regarding near home combustibles, and practical steps a homeowner can take to protect their home from embers.

Speakers: 
Jack Cohen - Fire Scientist (retired) US Forest Service
Steve Quarles - Chief Scientist (retired) IBHS
Todd Lando - Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Specialist/Battalion Chief

Join on Facebook live stream or via Zoom here:
https://firesafemarin.zoom.us/j/87382415962

Or by telephone:
1 669 900 9128  
Webinar ID: 873 8241 5962

Free
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