UC Cooperative Extension works with fire safe councils to reduce wildfires
In Plumas, Butte and Yuba counties, UC Cooperative Extension advisors have collaborated with fire safe councils to mitigate the risk of wildfire in local communities. They have determined the educational needs within the communities, obtained grant funding and worked colla...
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| פורמט: | Article |
| שפה: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
2015-01-01
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| סדרה: | California Agriculture |
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| גישה מקוונת: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v069n01p57 |
| סיכום: | In Plumas, Butte and Yuba counties, UC Cooperative Extension advisors have collaborated
with fire safe councils to mitigate the risk of wildfire in local communities. They
have determined the educational needs within the communities, obtained grant funding
and worked collaboratively with the councils to deliver education and applied research
programs that have helped homeowners and landowners take action to reduce their vulnerability
to the risk of wildfires. Home structures have been modified to improve their fire
resistance, fuel reduction programs have been adopted by local communities and maintained,
communities have been mapped for evacuation plans and fuel breaks have been constructed
on private and public forestland. Several wildfires, including the Marysville fire
in 2006 and the Yuba fire in 2009, were slowed or stopped because of measures taken,
showing the value of investment in pre-fire planning and actions. |
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| ISSN: | 0008-0845 2160-8091 |