by DylanBaker | Jan 3, 2023 | News
CAL FIRE / Office of the State Fire Marshal’s Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation Division and the Community Wildfire Planning Center are excited to announce the launch of free trainings in 2023: Introduction to Land Use Planning for Wildfires in...
by Molly Mowery | Sep 26, 2022 | News
Codes and regulations targeting the wildland-urban interface (WUI) can address a range of building, land use, and life safety topics, such as ignition-resistant construction materials, minimum fire protection standards for ingress, egress, and water supply, and...
by Molly Mowery | Sep 14, 2022 | News
California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) published two new wildfire planning resources to support local agencies as they plan for wildfire at the community scale. Although the primary audiences for these resources are planners and other...
by Katie Oran | Apr 21, 2022 | News
The Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS), directed by the Colorado State Legislature through Senate Bill 09-001, released new minimum standards for development of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs). CWPPs are documents that focus on identifying and mitigating...
by Katie Oran | Mar 17, 2022 | News
A new report, “Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires,” published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) found that the number of wildfires will rise by 50% by 2100. The report also found that governments are not...
by Katie Oran | Feb 22, 2022 | News
CWPC Executive Director, Molly Mowery, was interviewed for the recent Colorado Sun Article, “Colorado doesn’t have a statewide fire-resistant construction requirement. In the Marshall fire’s wake, critics say it’s time.” The article highlights discrepancies in how...
by Katie Oran | Sep 16, 2021 | Uncategorised
CWPC Program Associate Katie Oran was interviewed by NPR about what it’s like to have a “front row seat” to the climate crisis working as a wildfire planner at CWPC. The article, “Climate Change Is Making Natural Disasters Worse — Along With Our Mental Health” focused...
by Molly Mowery | Aug 5, 2021 | News
Community Wildfire Planning Center (CWPC) released an updated version of its report Land Use Planning Approaches in the Wildland-Urban Interface – An analysis of four western states: California, Colorado, Montana, and Washington. First published in February 2021, the...
by Molly Mowery | Jul 1, 2021 | News
CWPC is thrilled to announce that we recently expanded our team with a new program associate, Katie Oran.Katie is a California Native who is passionate about building a resilient future in a changing world. She will be working on a wide variety of CWPC projects to...
by Molly Mowery | Jun 28, 2021 | News
Canada now has a national guide for wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires. Published by the National Research Council Canada, this new resource provides guidance on hazard and exposure assessment, property protection, and community resilience and emergency planning to...
