About This Activity
Homeowners across Oregon are increasingly interested in improving their homes and properties to make them more resistant to fire. Oregon ranks #2 in the nation for the ever-growing number of new and renewing Firewise communities.
Completing a community wildfire risk assessment of your home or neighborhood is one of the most important steps in the Firewise USA recognition process. The assessment serves as a tool to help residents gain an understanding of their community’s strengths and vulnerabilities by noting the condition of homes and landscapes that surround them. A wildfire risk assessment helps communities understand their wildfire risk so that they can start to engage in risk reduction efforts. Luckily, the Community Wildfire Risk Assessment Tutorial from NFPA® makes starting the community wildfire risk assessment process easy. The free online tutorial walks people through the risk assessment process. Individuals who complete this tutorial will be able to:
- Describe how fire spreads throughout a community
- Explain how homes typically ignite from embers and low-flame surface fires
- Identify strengths and vulnerabilities of homes and surrounding landscapes
- Use those skills to complete their own community risk assessment
- Develop a prioritized, multi-year action plan to reduce the community’s risk from wildfire
Complete the tutorial today and help your community get started on its wildfire preparedness journey.
When: fall, winter and spring months.
Top skills: Comfortable interacting with people, observational skills, public speaking, comfortable outdoors, evaluating and critical thinking
Service benefit: Volunteer credit is available