Get certified in Wildfire Defense Best Practices for Contractors!
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About this event
The USGBC-LA Wildfire Defense Professional Certificate program was developed to educate contractors and landscapers on how to best harden homes and landscapes to fires through the use of materials, maintenance practices, and firewise design practices known to reduce properties’ risk of fire damage. The contractors’ module is focused on educating contractors about firewise best practices and creating cultural change within the building industry.
The Wildfire Defense Professional Certificate for Contractor’s module is a 150-minute training followed by certification testing to be taken online. The training highlights existing resources with a focus on home hardening, and best practices to reduce fire risk in homes, while providing participants with real-world examples and strategies for wildfire resiliency, including but not limited to the following topics:
- Understanding Wildfire
- Think Home First
- Defensible Space Zones
- Home Hardening Strategies
- Case Studies
- Home Assessments
- Post-Fire Recovery
- Importance of community organizing for safety, preparedness, and funding opportunities
This event is in partnership with Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains
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Meet the Presenters
Pauline Allen
Community Resilience Specialist at The Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains
Pauline Allen is the Community Resilience Specialist at The Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains (RCDSMM), a non-regulatory state agency, whose mission is to promote land stewardship and resource conservation through ecological research, conservation planning and design, habitat restoration and environmental education. She began working in wildfire preparedness as a GrizzlyCorp fellow with RCDSMM, helping to lead Wildfire Home Ignition Zone Evaluations and community education on wildfire.
USGBC-LA’s Wildfire Defense Education and Tours promote awareness by providing resource guides by topic and expert advice to empower our community, property owners, designers, and managers to proactively reduce wildfire hazards and minimize losses. Click here to download our FREE Wildfire Defense toolkit, view upcoming educational events, and watch regional wildfire defense home tours.
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