Fire Adapted Colorado

Early October, in beautiful Snowmass, participants and enthusiasts of Colorado’s Wildfire Resilience Network, gathered to garner strategies that can make our state more resilient to [...]

As the air cools and the leaves start turning gold, it’s clear that fall is upon us in Colorado. For participants of the Fire Adapted Colorado (FACO) Network, this is a busy and exciting time of [...]

A glance at the NIFC (pronounced niff-c), National Fire News webpage, and I noticed the drop to National Preparedness Level 4. That’s good news, despite Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming and [...]

Join us in ‘Meeting the Moment’ October 1-4, 2024     Excitement is Building for the #2024CWFC Secure your spot and accommodations NOW, to avoid late registration rates [...]

Those of us who are passionate about wildfire mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery have heard it time and time again, the phrase it’s not if, but when. It means that a thing is [...]

This Wildfire Awareness Month, we are encouraged by our on-the-ground Wildfire Community Preparedness Day projects, through a $10,000 award from the National Fire Protection Association® [...]

As the calendar flips to May, the arrival of Wildfire Community Preparedness Day and Wildfire Awareness Month serves as a poignant reminder for Coloradans. In a state where living with wildfire [...]

By: Lisa Hatfield and Lara Thomas Wouldn’t it be great to have more everyday people encouraging their neighbors to make their properties safer and more resilient to wildfire? How can we [...]

Ellis Thompson Grand Junction Fire & Two Rivers Wildfire Coalition This Annual Report highlights 2023 as a year of growth and service by Fire Adapted Colorado. In this report: Learn how [...]

Fire Adapted Colorado is seeking a motivated fundraiser and grant writer to serve as a Development Director and to become part of our team that helps Coloradans navigate wildfire resilience now [...]

“Community resilience is the sustainability of a community to use available resources to respond to, withstand and recover from adverse situations.” (Wikipedia) “To withstand” [...]

I was recently immersed in Stephen Pyne’s Pyrocene, when adaptive management strategies that include an intentional patchwork of crown-fire burning in boreal forests caught my attention as [...]

This year’s Colorado Wildland Fire Conference is sold out with over 300 registrants and 36 exhibitor spaces. After many long months of planning, the 2023 Conference planning team is [...]

BY REBECCAFIREADAPTEDCOORG ON DECEMBER 14, 2022 It’s been nearly a year since the Marshall fire caused unprecedented wildfire destruction in Boulder County.  Only two years ago the East [...]

This NPR article features Fire Adapted Colorado's Board Chair and Eagle County, Colorado Wildfire Mitigation Coordinator, Eric Lovgren, sharing about their RealFire Program

This story highlights the efforts to leverage neighborhood volunteers to lead wildfire preparedness. Wildfire Mitigation Professionals and neighborhood leaders across Colorado and the country are [...]

Fire Adapted Colorado's Opportunity Fund grants go along way to supporting community fire adaptation around the state. This post shares a little about recently funded projects.

For those of you that know me, I bet you can hear my voice within this article. For those that don’t I think this article does a pretty good job of explaining my history, the history of the [...]

FACO’s Opportunity Fund supported six FACO member projects including three community events, one countywide planning project, branding materials for a collaborative effort, and a regional [...]

Pam Wilson has been the Chair of Fire Adapted Colorado (FACO) for the past three years and has played an integral role in forming this organization. She is retiring from her position at FireWise [...]

AUG 10, 2017 The Art and Science of Home Wildfire Evaluations Author: Wendy Fulks, with contributions from Eric Lovgren This past spring, FAC Net asked our members some questions about their core [...]

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