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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.
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.
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.
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
Evacuation & Warnings – How To Survive a Wildfire
Speakers: Todd Lando (Hazard Mitigation Specialist/Battalion Chief, Central Marin FD); Dr. Shannamar Dewey (Camp Fire Evacuee & Survivor)
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
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.
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.
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
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
Vegetation Management Practices in Marin's Open Space
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
Webinar: Steve Quarles and Todd Lando discuss Active Strategies to Protect your Home from Wildfire, plus and update Fire Adapted Communities from Fire Chief Bill Tyler, Novato Fire Protection District.
Join on Facebook live stream or via Zoom at:
https://firesafemarin.zoom.us/j/87382415962
Or by telephone:
1 669 900 9128
Webinar ID: 873 8241 5962
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
Creating Defensible Space: Zones 1, 2, & 3
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
Fire Smart Landscaping: Maintaining a Healthy Landscape in the Face of Drought
Drought is an extreme condition for gardening that challenges plant growth and survival. Learn how to balance the need to conserve water during drought and still have a thriving, healthy garden in the 0-30 foot defensible space surrounding your home. Plus, immediate actions you can take to maintain your landscape along the exit routes from your home to ensure safe exit during a wildfire evacuation.
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
