As wildfire practitioners, your role in connecting communities with reliable, timely information is more important than ever. May is National Wildfire Awareness Month—a critical time to promote [...]
The Colorado Emergency Management Association (CEMA) hosted its first-ever Capital Day on Monday, March 10th. Fire Adapted Colorado’s Training and Network Specialist Lara Thomas and Network and [...]
It’s only January, and the size and scale of the LA Fires stand as a stark reminder of Colorado’s 2020 Conflagration–the Marshall Fire. With similar speed and spread, the western [...]
FACO’s visionaries recognized that sometimes a little ember of funding is all that is needed to get a new project or program underway, and established Opportunity Funds for Network [...]
The Power of the Fire Adapted Colorado Network in Building Wildfire Resilience As wildfires continue to challenge communities across Colorado, one thing has become increasingly clear: our ability [...]
Community Wildfire Defense Grant 2024 (FY25) West Updated February 19, 2025 The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the USDA Forest Service’s third round of the Community Wildfire Defense [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
With an emphasis on prescribed fire, The Ember Alliance, Fire Adapted Colorado, and the Colorado Prescribed Fire Council, with funding support from the US DOI Bureau of Land Management, have just [...]
Building Your FAC Ambassador Approach Workshop Boulder, COFeb. 27 full dayFeb. 28, 1/2 dayCost: $40 Apply to attendApply to attend Fire Adapted Colorado, Wildfire Adapted Partnership, and Boulder [...]
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 [...]
This story shares how adapting to COVID-19 resembles the strategy for adapting to wildfire.
Wildfire Adapted Partnership's, Alex Graf, shares his experience with cross-boundary education, implementing Prescribed Fire Tours in 2019 in partnership with the San Juan National Forest.
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 [...]
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