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Silverado Fire Safe Fair Draws Over 300 Attendees to Learn About Wildfire Preparedness

The all-volunteer Silverado Fire Safe Council, in partnership with Silverado Resort & Spa, Napa Firewise and CALFIRE/Napa County, held a Fire Safe Fair for the benefit of Napa County residents on August 4, 2022. An estimated crowd of 300 attended the free event at the historic Silverado Resort, to meet wildfire prevention experts & service providers, and local nonprofits active in fire preparedness and education. Featured speakers included Senator Bill Dodd, Napa County Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza, Napa County Fire Chief Jason Martin, Silverado Fire Safe Council lead Susan Deringer, Silverado Resort Managing Director Todd Shallan and Napa Firewise Board of Directors member Linda Cantey. About the event, Susan Deringer says, “We’re delighted with the response to our biggest community outreach event to date. Our mutual goal is to spread the message of our shared responsibility for how to prepare for the next wildfire, which makes all of us safer. We’re grateful to the Silverado Resort for their hospitality, to CALFIRE for their extraordinary contributions to the success of this event, and to our distinguished speakers for their support and leadership on this issue.”

Popular elements of this family-oriented event were baby goats, such as those used to clear hazardous brush; a therapy dog; modern and vintage Napa County fire trucks; cornhole games and fire hats for the kids; CALFIRE’s furry mascot Captain Cal; and a raffle featuring original artwork, wine, Go-Bags, exclusive fire prevention services and home hardening evaluations, all offered for a $20 ticket. The raffle raised $1200 towards event costs. An assortment of Napa Valley wines & Original Burger Dogs were for sale.

Participants included:

Fire Prevention & Animal Welfare Nonprofits:

  • Silverado Fire Safe Council (FSC)
  • Coombsville/Wild Horse Valley FSC
  • Napa Communities Firewise Foundation (Napa Firewise, or NCFF)
  • Jameson Humane
  • Napa Community Animal Response Team (CART) / Napa Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

County/Government Agency & First Responders:

  • American Medical Response (AMR)
  • CAL FIRE Napa County
  • Napa County Office of Emergency Services (OES)
  • Napa County Sheriff’s Departments
  • Napa Valley Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD)

Fire Prevention & Fire Damage Services:

  • AiroCide (Sani Air Systems Inc)
  • Ember Defense
  • Embers Protection Services Inc.
  • ETS Labs
  • Firestorm Wildland Fire Suppression Inc.
  • Frontline Wildfire Defense
  • Inferno Guard
  • Komodo Fire
  • Perimeter Solutions
  • RSG-3D
  • Wetline Fire Defense Systems
  • Wildfire Mitigation Advisors

Insurance Providers:

  • Heffernan Insurance Brokers
  • InterWest Insurance Services
  • Malloy Imrie & Vasconi Insurance Services, LLC
  • United Policyholders

Vegetation Management:

  • Brush Hog Tree Care
  • Napa Master Gardeners
  • Napa Pasture Protein
  • Signature Tree Solutions
  • The Clean Burn Company

For more information on wildfire prevention, or how you can support Napa Firewise, go to https://napafirewise.org/. Media Inquiries: Eden Umble, Napa Firewise Communications & Outreach, eden@napafirewise.org.

Photos by Hero Sogi