by Natalie Osborne | Feb 28, 2024 | Blog
James R. Meldrum, Patricia A. Champ, Hannah Brenkert-Smith, Christopher M. Barth, Abby E. McConnell, Carolyn Wagner, and Colleen Donovan Wildfire mitigation efforts on private lands – for example, maintaining a defensible space around a person’s home – provide... by Natalie Osborne | Jun 18, 2021 | Blog
WiRē’s Hannah Brenkert-Smith spoke to CU Boulder Today about a recent WiRē project with Platte Canyon Fire Protection District. Fire Chief Joe Burgett of Platte Canyon Fire Protection District said, “A lot of people moved into the mountains, and they didn’t realize... by Natalie Osborne | Jun 3, 2021 | Blog
In Volume 30.2 of Wildfire Magazine, WiRē Team members share how “…social data collected at the scale of local programs, standardized to allow for replication across space and time, using a co-productive process that intertwines research and practice, help assure that... by Natalie Osborne | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog
WiRē’s Patty Champ partnered with Jon Riley from Chelan County Fire District 1 (CCFD1) to share several findings from a recent WiRē project in the Squilchuck Drainage near Wenatchee, WA. Three findings from the social survey data are noteworthy. First, results... by Natalie Osborne | Dec 21, 2020 | Blog
Even in relatively urban settings, wildfire can threaten the homes in a community. WiRē teamed up with Ashland Fire and Rescue (AFR) to combine AFR data on wildfire risk with newly collected WiRē data on the wildfire-related perceptions of residents living in Ashland....