Napa Communities Firewise Foundation

Spring Mountain's Community Wildfire Protection PlanCommunity discussion
2023-06-26 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
PLEASE JOIN YOUR SPRING MOUNTAIN FIRE SAFE COUNCIL

To hear about fire preparedness in your Spring Mountain area!Presentation 5:30 – 6:30, beverages/bites until 7:00Topic: Spring Mountain’s Community Wildfire Protection PlanCommunity discussion & input on current draft.

The Spring Mountain Fire Safe Council (SMFSC) was formed in spring 2021. It is one of 20 Fire Safe Councils in Napa County that help coordinate neighborhood forces to prepare for wildfires by mobilizing residents to protect their homes and properties.

The meeting will begin with a brief overview of Napa FireWise projects for Napa County and then dig into documents specific to SMFSC.

RSVP requested: info@springmountainfiresafe.org

Keeping Your Home Protected When Insurance Options are Limited and Expensive
2023-06-09 12:00 | CA
Join United Policy Holders webinar on Keeping Your Home Protected When Insurance Options are Limited and Expensive. Topics include:

-What to do if your insurer non-renews you.

– Is it safe to insure your home through a company you’ve never heard of?

– What is the CA Fair Plan and what options does it offer?

– What fine print matters when buying home insurance?

– Questions to ask to get adequate protection in place for your home.

– What can you do to improve your home’s chances of surviving a wildfire?

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North Coast Forest Biomass Strategy Webinar
2023-06-07 09:00 - 12:00 | CA
Please Join the North Coast Resource Partnership and the Watershed Research and Training Center for a webinar on the North Coast Forest Biomass Strategy. Topics include:

Overview of the North Coast Forest Biomass Strategy and Woody Feedstock Aggregation Initiative funded by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
Overview of Funding Opportunities for Community Scale Pilot Projects focused on biomass and woody feedstock utilization.

This webinar will introduce the North Coast Forest Biomass Strategy Feedstock Aggregation Pilot Project to a broad audience across the North Coast Resource Partnership region – including Tribal lands and counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Modoc, Siskiyou, Sonoma, and Trinity. The webinar will also provide information on an upcoming Request for Proposals that will fund and support a set of sub-regional pilots.

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Reschedule - Forest Health and Fire Resilience Field Day, Linda Falls
2023-06-04 10:00 - 12:00 | Linda Falls Linda Falls Terrace, Linda Falls Terrace, Angwin, 94508
Napa RCD is partnering with Land Trust of Napa County for a guided hike at the Linda Falls Preserve. We will spend time discussing forest health and making personal connections to the environment around us. This experience is open to everyone, but be aware the we will spend most of our time on a dirt trail.

We will meet as a group between 9:45 – 10:00am at the Linda Falls trailhead parking lot on Howell Mountain Road west of the Pacific Union College tennis courts. We’ll start walking to the trail at 10:00am.

This event, along with a webinar on April 26th, is part of Napa RCD’s two-part Forest Health Workshop. Participants are welcome to join for either one or both events.

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Wildfire Preparedness Virtual Townhall with Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza
2023-05-30 18:00 - 19:00 | CA
Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza is hosting a virtual Facebook Town Hall meeting about wildfire preparedness. Informing and share resources available as we get closer to fire season.

Guest Speakers:

Jason Martin – Deputy Chief, Napa County Fire Department

Erick Hernandez – Fire Marshal, Napa County Fire Department

Christopher Thompson – President, Napa Communities Firewise Foundation

PG&E Virtual North CoastTown Hall
2023-05-30 17:30 - 19:00 | CA
We’ll share more about our wildfire safety efforts within your region and community resources available to keep you safe. You can ask questions and share your feedback with the local PG&E team.

We encourage you to join and:

•Learn about our wildfire safety efforts and progress in your community

•Hear about resources available to support you

•Connect with PG&E’s regional leadership team, including Regional Vice President, Ron Richardson

Coombsville/Wildhorse Valley Fire Safe Council Community Meeting
2023-05-23 17:00 - 19:00 | 1060 2nd Avenue, 1060 2nd Avenue, Napa, Ca
JOIN US TO LEARN HOW TO MITIGATE YOUR FIRE RISK. Hot Dogs and Burgers Served! (Thank you for parking on the street)

We, as a community are organizing to help each other learn and actively make our neighborhoods safer from wildfire for our people and our properties. We have worked with fire experts to develop a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP).

We have applied for our fire safe council to be certified as an official Firewise USA® site. We hope that among other benefits this will convince insures to continue to insure our properties and lower our rates.

LEARN ALL ABOUT IT! PRESENTATION: FIRE RISK ASSESSMENT & CWPP BY CAROL RICE, Napa Firewise Consultant. Fire Personnel; Insurance Professional; United Policyholder; COAD & USDA (cost sharing/ conservation) will be AVAILABLE to answer questions.

PLEASE R.S.V.P. TO EILEEN PEREIRA: Coombsville@napafirewise.org

PUC Forest Health Field Trip
2023-05-21 14:00 - 16:00 | 405 Las Posadas Rd, 405 Las Posadas Rd, Angwin, California, 94508
Napa’s Howell Mountain Corridor: Forest Ecotone and Fire Resiliency Restoration Project

Join Napa Firewise and PUC Forest Manager Peter Lecourt and Forest Health Project Manager Tracy Katelman for a walking exploration of the current treatments.

Chris deWet of Vegetation Management Services will showcase some of the equipment and tools that make this work possible.

Meet us at the PUC Trailhead Parking Lot: Turn left onto the dirt road just past 405 Las Posadas Rd, Angwin, CA 94508

Pack your hiking shoes and a bottle of water.

Meet & Network with Napa peers from 20 Fire Safe Councils, local neighbors, and more.

Please RSVP to Jonathan@NapaFirewise.org

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Napa County Emergency Preparedness Resource Fairs - St.Helena
2023-05-19 16:00 - 19:00 | Napa Valley College Upper Valley Campus, 1088 College Avenue, St. Helena, California
The family-friendly events will feature giveaways, raffles, a scavenger hunt, helpful resources, a kids coloring table and equipment like fire trucks and patrol units. In addition, staff from county departments, municipalities and partnering organizations will be present to educate the community, including the Napa County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office, Health and Human Services Agency, County Executive Office, Office of Emergency Services, Sheriff’s Office, Napa County Fire, Community Emergency Response Team, Napa Valley Community Organizations Active in Disaster, Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership and more.

The Office of Emergency Services will be promoting emergency preparedness, including the new Alert Napa County. Staff will be on-hand to help the public sign up for the new emergency notification system.

Food truck vendors will be present for the public to purchase food and drinks. This event is free to the public. No RSVP is required.

Prescribed herbivory for fuels reduction
2023-05-19 09:00 - 12:30 | CA
Grazing planning and permitting in the State of California
As the State of California has ramped up investments to increase fuel treatments to manage high fuel loads and reduce wildfire risk, the use of livestock to treat fuels has received increased attention. A variety of funding sources are available to support wildfire prevention projects and activities in and near fire threatened communities that focus on increasing the protection of people, structures, and communities. In this workshop, representatives from CALFIRE (Department of Forestry & Fire Protection), CalTrans (Department of Transportation), the CDFW (California Department of Fish & Wildlife), and CP SLO’s (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo) Range Program will discuss the steps involved in the development of grazing agreements (‘licenses’) on State lands and beyond. Topics will include requirements for contracting on State lands, CalTrans encroachment permits, CDFW grazing agreements, CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) processes and requirements, and general guidelines for developing applications for fuel reduction projects utilizing grazing.
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Fuels Treatments in the Wildland Urban Interface(WUI)
2023-05-18 10:30 - 14:00 | CA
Sonoma Land Trust’s Laufenburg Ranch Preserve

This is an opportunity to learn about vegetation management for fire fuel reduction and enhancing ecological health in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Want to learn more about fuel treatments on the WUI? Join this field workshop on Thursday, May 18th from 10:30am – 2:00pm to learn from team members from Sonoma Land Trust. Participants will improve their knowledge of designing and implementing fuel treatments to increase fire resilience and ecological health on the wildland-urban interface (WUI) using examples at Sonoma Land Trust’s Laufenburg Ranch Preserve.Stewardship Director at Sonoma Land Trust, Bob Neale, and Stewardship Senior Project Manager, Melina Hammar, will discuss sequencing forest/woodland treatments and explain the importance of implementing defensible space and home hardening as a tool for fire preparedness and infrastructure protection.

Napa County Emergency Preparedness Resource Fairs- Napa
2023-05-12 16:00 - 19:00 | Napa County Administration Building Parking Lot, 1195 Third Street, Napa, California
Napa County Administration Building Parking Lot – 1195 Third Street, Napa (at the intersection of Coombs and 4th streets)

The family-friendly events will feature giveaways, raffles, a scavenger hunt, helpful resources, a kids coloring table and equipment like fire trucks and patrol units. In addition, staff from county departments, municipalities and partnering organizations will be present to educate the community, including the Napa County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office, Health and Human Services Agency, County Executive Office, Office of Emergency Services, Sheriff’s Office, Napa County Fire, Community Emergency Response Team, Napa Valley Community Organizations Active in Disaster, Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership and more.

The Office of Emergency Services will be promoting emergency preparedness, including the new Alert Napa County. Staff will be on-hand to help the public sign up for the new emergency notification system.

Food truck vendors will be present for the public to purchase food and drinks. This event is free to the public. No RSVP is required.

Angwin FSC Meeting
2023-05-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Angwin Volunteer Fire Department, 275 College Ave, Angwin, California, 94508, United States
AFSC Meeting Agenda

Report/Comment from County and Fire Officials (optional)

NCFF Presentation on Large-scale Mitigation Projects and Decision-Making Processes Related to Angwin and Napa County Projects

Report/Update on PUC Forest Health Grant and PUC Campus Fuel Break Projects – Peter

Reflect to Protect Project Description, Timeline, Status, Action Needed – Linda

Membership, Leadership, and Meeting Dates

2023 Planning Document: Activities Needing Attention in 2023 – Margo

Other

Climate Science Seminar Part 1
2023-05-05 08:30 - 16:00 | Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch, 738 Main Street, St. Helena, CA, 94574, United States
The Climate Science Seminar Part 1 is a one-day interactive workshop taught by Professor Andrew Isaacs. This seminar is modeled after his semester-long MBA course “Climate Change and Business Strategy,” which he teaches at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.
This 30-person workshop is intended for individuals with an interest in how climate change is impacting business, and how business sustainability depends both on mitigating climate impacts and on adaptation to ongoing climate change. All attendees will leave with a better understanding of climate science and the risks and opportunities climate change poses for wine businesses. While the course does not shy away from using scientific terms, the material is easily accessible, and no prior familiarity with climate science is assumed.
Lunch will be provided.
Registration is available on the Napa Valley Grapegrowers website. To encourage more folks to spend the day learning about climate science, NVG would like to extend a discount of 35% off general admission. To utilize this discount, enter NVGPartner at checkout.

Resilient gardening for Drought and Fire Protection
2023-05-04 19:00 | Napa County Library, 580 Coombs Street, Napa, CA, United States
Learn about resilient landscaping for both drought and fire protection. We will discuss practical ideas that you can apply immediately for an aesthetically-pleasing, yet protected landscape. UC Master Gardeners will also provide you with many good resources for more information on this and related fire- and drought-preventive topics.

This is a FREE IN-PERSON event but please pre-register below to attend.

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Resilient Landscaping for Drought and Fire Protection - Napa
2023-05-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Napa County Library, 580 Coombs Street, Napa, CA, United States
(IN PERSON) Library Talk – Learn about resilient landscaping for both drought and fire protection.
UC Master Gardeners will discuss practical ideas that you can apply immediately for an aesthetically pleasing, yet protected landscape. They will also provide you with resources for more information on this and related fire and drought-preventive topics.

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Shaded Fuel Breaks: Lessons Learned Post Wildfire in the San Vicente Redwoods
2023-05-04 10:00 - 12:30 | CA
Join a variety of practitioners who come together to manage fuels on private conservation land critically located adjacent to high-fire risk communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Together, these individuals work with representatives of four land trusts to effectively demonstrate that land conservation, fire resiliency, and public access can successfully co-exist.

Mt. Veeder Informational Meeting: Storm Damage & Emergency Preparedness
2023-04-29 09:00 | Enchanted Hills Camp, 3410 Mt. Veeder Rd, CA
Napa County Supervisor Ryan Gregory hosting Mt. Veeder Informational Meeting.
Come learn about Napa County’s work on roads impacted by winter-related storms, fire season preparations and the launch of a new emergency alert system for Napa County. A Q&A will follow.
9AM Social (food & drinks compliments
of Supervisor Gregory)
10 AM Meeting starts

Fire History and Fire Adapted Ecology Webinar
2023-04-26 18:00 - 19:00 | CA
Part 1 of Forest Health Workshop is an hour-long webinar, we will be joined by Devyn Friedfel and Abe Lopez to discuss our region’s history with fire and how it is an essential part of our ecosystem. Anyone who wants to learn more about these topics is welcome to join us for this free webinar.
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This event, along with a field day on May 6th, is part of Napa RCD’s two-part Forest Health Workshop. Participants are welcome to join for either one or both events.

Earth Day
2023-04-23 11:00 - 16:00 | Oxbow Commons, 1268 McKinstry St, Napa, California, 94559, United States
Earth Day Napa 2023 will be held at the Oxbow Commons.

Presented by: Environmental Education Coalition of Napa County. All proceeds benefit EECNC’s Field Trip Bus Grant Program and the Darcy Aston Scholarship

Don’t forget to join the Earth Day Napa Cleanup, starting at 9 am going until 11:30 am (right in time to join Earth Day Napa celebration!)

April Fire Safe Sonoma Speaker Series
2023-04-20 14:00 | CA
CAL FIRE Division Chief Ben Nicholls owill be speaking on the call to talk about the wildland fire outlook for the rest of the year! Tune in to hear what CAL FIRE is projecting so that you can take appropriate action!
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Post-Fire Forest Resilience Workshop
2023-04-20 12:00 - 2023-06-01 12:00 | CA
Save the Date!

Register now for California Post-Fire Forest Resilience Workshop in Napa County

Online weekly Thursdays 6:00pm – 7:30pm, April 20th to June 1st

In-person field trips on Friday June 2nd and Saturday June 3rd

Learn about managing forestland after wildfire:• Increasing forest disturbances• Post-wildfire issues: erosion, invasives, hazard trees, fuels• Reforestation: how and when?• Financial and professional assistance for landowners• Safety and erosion control for the short and long term• Removing dead trees/ salvage logging/ slash treatment• Reforestation/seedling orders/ climate change/ planting• Managing competing vegetation re-sprouting vegetation• On-going forest maintenance

Hosted by:University of CaliforniaCooperative Extension in collaboration with:CAL FIRECalifornia Association of Resource Conservation DistrictsUnited States Forest Service

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Healdsburg Open Space Community Fuels Reduction Project
2023-04-13 10:00 - 15:00 | CA
Learn how to increase the pace and scale of fuels reduction projects in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI). You’ll learn how the city of Healdsburg Fire Department is working with forest and local operators to implement fuels treatment in their community. Participants will improve their understanding of how to use the CalVTP to compliment the design and implementation of vegetation management and fuels reduction strategies.

Fire Resources Fair/ Feria de Recursos Contra Incendios
2023-04-11 11:00 - 16:00 | Napa Valley Expo, 575 3rd St, Napa, California, 94559
The Napa Firewise, Napa Valley Vintners and Napa Valley Grapegrowers, are partnering to host a Fire Resources Fair on April 11 to allow members of the industry and community to come together in response to annual wildfires. This will be an in-person event where attendees can interact with organizations and businesses looking to support the community in fire recovery and prevention. This annual fair brings together members of the wine industry, Napa residents, community organizations and local businesses to learn how they can help prevent or mitigate wildfires.

We currently have over 50 confirmed exhibitors, ranging from public institutions to innovative startup companies, all united in the cause of protecting our community from fires. Food will be available from the Tacos El Muchacho Alegre truck, while OHM Coffee will sell made to order coffee drinks.

So join us for a fun and informative afternoon as the community comes together to protect our beautiful valley.

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Environmental Review Pathways to Long-Term Success:
2023-04-06 10:00 - 12:00 | CA
Prescribed Fires

This is an opportunity to learn about environmental review pathways to make prescribed fires successful. Want to learn more about increasing the pace and scale of prescribed fires? Participants will improve their understanding of how to get prescribed fires accomplished.

Fire Friday: Discussion about burning issues
2023-03-24 16:00 - 18:00 | CA
Learn about ecological stewardship and intentional fire. Learn how to increase the use of intentional fire. Join this webinar to learn from member of the California Indian Basketweavers Association (CIBA) and the founders of Torchbearr. Participants will improve their understanding of how to bring more people together to learn how to increase the use of intentional fire.

Fuels Reduction Workshop
2023-03-17 10:00 | CA
Join Napa County Fire, Napa Firewise and Hennessey Rector FSC for a site tour of fuels reduction projects and an educational class about fire resiliency.

Where: Lake Hennessey Boat Launch1525 Sage Canyon Rd, St. Helena

To RSVP or send questions to Erick Hernandez of NCFD

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Wildfire Resilience Decision Support Framework
2023-03-16 14:00 - 15:00 | CA
We will be having Molly Oshun from Sonoma Water, Deanne DiPietro from the Conservation Biology Institute, and Sashi Sabaratnam from the UCCE on the call to talk about Sonoma County’s Wildfire Resilience Decision Support Framework. It is a set of online tools and resources intended to support the planning and implementation of fuel management projects.

The Sonoma County Wildfire Resilience Decision Support Framework provides critical information at multiple scales to support strategic, ecologically-sensitive fuel management across the region. The Decision Support Framework is part of a county-wide coordinated initiative to prioritize actions and investments by Sonoma Water, University of California Cooperative Extension, the Community Wildfire Protection Plan, and Sonoma County’s Office of Climate Action & Resiliency.

Two online decision-support tools make up the Decision Support Framework:

The Wildfire Resilience Planner: Strategic Planning at the Landscape Scale

The Wildfire Resilience Planner is an online decision support tool that applies a wide range of data from Sonoma County and other sources to help prioritize locations where the reduction of fuels will best protect lives and property, community infrastructure, ecosystem services, and biodiversity. The tool will support collaborative planning of projects on public and private land, helping to leverage individual efforts for a unified and strategic approach to fuels reduction and vegetation management. This tool is available for testing and will be released in Spring 2023.

The Wildfire Fuel Mapper: Property-Specific Information for Fuels Management

The University of California Cooperative Extension, Pepperwood Preserve, and Tukman Geospatial have developed the Wildfire Fuel Mapper, a website that provides maps, information, and resources for designing and implementing projects to reduce wildland fuels. A detailed report with maps of vegetation, fuels, topography, and other characteristics of the land needed for project planning are available by parcel, which the user can access by choosing the parcel of interest. The Fuel Mapper also provides information about experts, specialists, and funding sources to support project implementation.

Targeted Grazing for Fuel Reduction:
2023-03-16 08:30 - 16:00 | CA
Case Studies from East Bay Regional Park District

Learn about targeted grazing as part of a vegetation management and fuels reduction strategy. Join this field workshop to learn from team members from East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) and Star Creek Land Stewards. Participants will improve their understanding of why people might choose targeted grazing as part of a vegetation management and fuels reduction strategy, and how that gets implemented.

150-Year Fire Vegetation History Webinar
2023-03-15 11:00 - 12:00 | CA
In this webinar, historical ecologist Arthur Dawson presents the findings of a three-year CALFIRE-funded study conducted in partnership with Pepperwood, Mark Tukman, and Dr. Jim Thorne. Arthur will trace the story of fire and vegetation in the North Bay over the last 150 years. Integrating a wide variety of sources reveals the surprisingly dynamic patterns of chaparral, hardwood and conifer woodlands in response to wildfire, timber harvest, and wildfire suppression.

It took generations to set the stage for the catastrophic fires of the last decade. It will take several more to change that trajectory. Altering course is going to require hard work on the ground guided by a deeper understanding of the relationship of fire, vegetation and the role of human beings in the landscape.

Webinar Replay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ4Lr2thEvM

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