Ventura County Wildfire Collaborative
Building a Resilient Future Together!
The Collaborative Mission
"To establish a countywide, collaborative approach to design, implement and maintain a holistic, wildfire resiliency strategy that builds individual, local and regional capacities to better prepare for, prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from potential wildfire threats for Ventura County neighborhoods and communities located in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI), now and into the future."
Goal 1: Update the Ventura County Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
Goal 2: Facilitate a holistic wildfire outreach campaign across the County of Ventura, targeting vulnerable communities through wildfire town halls.
Goal 3: Create a County-wide home hardening resiliency program.
Goal 4: Create a fine-scale hazard, risk, and vulnerability mapping and online dashboard.
Goal 5: Facilitate a wildfire vulnerability and evacuation assessment.
Goal 6: Host the first California Wildfire Summit to promote collaboration and important information sharing across the State.
Learn more by clicking on one of the projects above!
Who are the Collaborative Partners?
How will the Collaborative help Ventura County?
Through regional collaboration, the VCWC will work to coordinate resources, advise local and state agencies, work with the community, and secure funding to help prevent and recover from wildfires.
- Secured funding ($5 million+ already and counting!)
- Regional coordination & connections
- Elevate the needs of YOUR City or Community
- Conduit between regulators & funders
- Community Engagement
- “Calm” the noise
- Engage
- Townhalls & Listening Sessions
- Act Fast!
Where, When, & How to find the VCWC Team!
YOUR VOICE MATTERS!
Join us at our upcoming town halls & community events so we can learn more about what WE NEED to do for OUR community!
Wildfire is coming, ARE YOU READY?!
California Wildfire Conference
The Ventura County Wildfire Collaborative, in partnership with Coastal Quest, is proud to present the first California Wildfire Conference. This three-day exchange will bring together a diverse community of wildfire practitioners to focus on understanding, preventing, and recovering from wildfires. The conference will be held from October 24-26, 2023, in Ventura County at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
California Wildfire Conference
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