Fire Adapted Community Education
No one, including us, enjoys sitting through a dry class with a monotone speaker so that’s definitely not our style. With a goal of providing up-to-date and relevant information on best practices in the field of wildfire mitigation, our courses are both informative and entertaining.
We believe learning should be interesting and engaging while providing top-quality content—including case studies and examples throughout.
Courses are continually updated with new science-based research and information, and each individual course offering is customized to your specific area and audience.
On-Demand Online Courses - Coming Soon on Teachable!
Fire-Resistant Landscaping and Construction
(Currently being developed in an on-demand online course format)
This course is set up as a 1-day or 2-day on-demand online training on creating fire adapted communities by correctly and efficiently identifying ignition vulnerabilities from wildfire to structures and their immediate surroundings in the built environment.
This course covers the topics of…
fire science, fire ecology, and the history of wildfire
causes and consequences of wildfire
general societal misperceptions of wildfire
effects of fire on the built environment
planning tools and code development
defensible space and survivable space
plant selection, placement, and maintenance
use of building materials for structure hardening
specific structural attributes and vulnerabilities
new construction and retrofits for existing construction
methodology for evaluating structures
how to motivate and inspire people to action
Students will walk away with the ability to…
quickly and effectively evaluate hazards and exposures to structures
prepare detailed recommendations to motivate owners to take mitigation actions on properties in wildfire-prone areas
Information applied from this course will help reduce the incidence of structure loss during wildfire events. This is a perfect course for building code and fire code officials, firefighters, arborists, engineers, new Defensible Space Inspectors (DSIs), landscape designers, architects, builders and developers, policymakers, realtors, insurance industry, and homeowners.
The International Code Council has approved this course for 0.6 CEUs in the specialty area of Fire. (Preferred Provider No. 2870)