Ventura County
Ventura County
The Ventura County Resource Conservation District understands that wildfire is a constant threat for California.
To help residents prepare, the VCPBA hosts bi-monthly FREE Fire Ecology Speaker Series targeted to the community of Ventura County. This is an opportunity for the community to engage with fire ecology experts.
Joelene Tamm with the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians & UC Riverside and Kim Corella with CALFIRE discussed the biology of GSOB, how to identify it, and how it’s devastating impact directly increases local wildfire risk.
Speakers include:
Joelene Tamm
Kim Corella
Mike Worford with the Ventura County Fire Department discusses fire hazard severity zones.
Speakers include:
Mike Worford
Learn about the basics of home hardening and how to form a Firewise Community.
Speakers include:
The Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council
Biologist, Poet, and Filmmaker, Maya Khosla walks us through her current research documenting the stories of people and wildlife impacted by fire and living in the Wildland Urban Interface.
Speakers include:
Maya Khosla
Goats and other herbivores are helping landowners throughout the County defend against wildfire threats by eating potential fuel loads.
Speakers include:
Michael Leicht of Ventura Brush Goats
Cole Bush & Dylan Boeken of Shepherdess Land & Livestock Co.
Some family members require additional evacuation planning.
Speakers include:
The Humane Society of Ventura County – [email protected]
The Independent Living Resource Center – [email protected]
The Red Cross – [email protected]
Learn about wildfire efforts throughout Ventura County meant to help prepare people for wildfires.
Speakers:
Max Young – Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council
Kate Furlong – Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council
Brian McGrath – Ventura County Fire Department
Chris Danch – Ojai Valley Fire Safe Council
Too often people do not learn more about insurance until after a wildfire causes damage. In this webinar discussions cover changes in insurance regulations, home hardening standards and their relationship with insurance companies, and steps homeowners can take now to be prepared.
Speakers:
Peter Meza | California Department of Insurance
Joel Laucher | United Policy Holders
Learn about wildfire efforts throughout Ventura County meant to help prepare people for wildfires.
Speakers:
Max Young – Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council
Kate Furlong – Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council
Brian McGrath – Ventura County Fire Department
Chris Danch – Ojai Valley Fire Safe Council
The Ventura County Resource Conservation District in partnership with the Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council offers a virtual wildfire speaker series several times a year.
Speaker:
Woody Bouska, President of the Sure Fire Training Inc.
Do you live in the wildland urban interface (WUI)? If so, you NEED to watch this speaker series discussing the history and importance of wildfire in Ventura County. Discussions involve the evolution of wildfire with humans and the ecological impact.
Speakers:
Matthew Shapero | University of California Cooperative Extension
Shane Devees | University of California PhD Candidate
Mike Laplant | Retired Ventura County Firefighter and President of Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council
This award-winning, national program helps community members be Ready with preparedness understanding, be Set with situational awareness when fire threatens, and to Go, acting early when a fire starts
Speakers:
Captain Brian Mcgrath & Captain Robert Welsbie | Ventura County Fire Department
Funding for this project provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as part of the California Climate Investments Program.
