Resident Mitigation

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Fire Adapted Colorado Wildfire Resilience Opportunity Fund played a crucial role in supporting participants within the FACO network again in 2023. With the support of BLM Colorado, Colorado [...]

Tracy LeClair – PIO1/PIOC, CO-CEM® Communications & Outreach Specialist Wildland Fire Management Section Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control   Live Wildfire Ready 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 [...]