Archive for June 2017
RFP – “Don’t Dump Idaho” Media Campaign
Idaho Firewise will be partnering with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in disseminating a series of Public Service Announcements (PSAs) developed in 2016 throughout Idaho and other areas of the Northwest. The PSAs feature messages designed to build the “Don’t Dump Idaho” education campaign. This Request for Proposal (RFP) is to solicit proposals for the…
Read More60 Minutes investigates wildfire and the wildland/urban interface
“In the Path of Fire” – a 12 minute segment broadcast on a recent 60 Minutes news magazine program – addresses the reality of wildfires in the U.S. and the increasing frequency of large wildfire events with structures involved. Jack Cohen, retired USDA Forest Service Fire Scientist from the Missoula Fire Lab, talks about how…
Read MoreWilderness Ranch, ID receives 15-year recognition award in ceremony.
Wilderness Ranch, ID receives 15-year recognition award in ceremony Last fall, the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Wildfire Division announced that nine of the inaugural twelve communities to participate in its national Firewise Communities/USA program have completed their fifteenth year of participation. Wilderness Ranch, ID is one of this elite group of forward thinking communities and…
Read MoreKIDO Radio and the D&B Garden Show Talk about Fire & the Wildland/Urban Interface
The D & B Garden Show, broadcast by KIDO Radio, recently featured a one-hour spot about fire and the wildland/urban interface. Radio host Debbie Cook, Idaho Master Gardener and Certified Arborist, interviewed Keri Steneck, BLM Fire Prevention Officer and Brett Van Paepeghem, South Idaho Project Leader for Idaho Firewise. The interviews starts with a description…
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