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09/25/2012

Bring Your Story to Life at Backyards & Beyond

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NFPA’s Wildland Fire Operations Division is seeking educational session presentations for the 2013 Backyards & Beyond Wildfire Education Conference where a widely diverse audience of leading wildfire experts, emergency responders, community planners, Firewise® community representatives, residents, insurance professionals, landscape architects and others come together to network and share
best practices.

Submit your presentation online by Monday, December 31, 2012 and share your expertise and story on key wildfire issues under any of the following topics:

  • Community Safety Approaches and Strategies
  • Home Construction & Landscape Design
  • Research (Physical, Social, Ecology and Environmental)
  • Technology, Policy & Regulations
  • Wildfire Planning, Suppression & Operations



Posted by on 09/25/2012 at 03:29 PM in Backyards & Beyond Conference, Conferences, Education, Evacuation Planning, Fire Adapted Communities, Firewise, Mitigation, Training, Utah, Wildfire Hazards, wildland firefighter, Wildland Urban Interface |

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