Resilient Regenerative Firescaping Qualification Training (FQT)

Dates: March 23 & 24 2023 | Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Format: Live Online Training 

• Early Bird till 2/23: $495
• Group Rate (5 or more from the same agency): $495
• Regular: $525 per person

California continues to face increasingly damaging and brutal wildfire seasons. Public agencies and jurisdictions throughout the state are trying to address this unprecedented crisis with better preparation and approaches to build community resilience and reduce damage. ReScape is helping to address this crisis with our newest qualification training, Resilient Regenerative Firescaping.

This program educates, aligns and empowers public agencies, commercial and institutional property owners, and landscapers to work collaboratively across departments and organizations to implement whole-systems firescaping strategies to protect people, assets and our future welfare. 

ReScape’s Resilient Regenerative Firescaping Qualification Training (FQT) is based on our 8 Principles for Regenerative Landscapes (8 Principles) and establishes a more sustainable long-term approach to managing fire hazards beyond current vegetation management practices. The course provides comprehensive best practices in regenerative landscaping, specifically oriented to reducing fire hazards and preparing cities and large property owners/managers for safety before, during and after a firestorm. It offers cities and communities a pragmatic framework to limit wildfire damage by developing and managing landscapes, advocating for maintenance on others, and supporting property owners to design, build and maintain for fire.

ReScape’s 8 Principles approach to firescaping protects properties and landscapes and considers the best practices to mitigate climate change and create beauty with carbon landscaping, green infrastructure, waste plant debris prevention and decrease in landfill costs, regenerative landscape features, water capture and purity, embodied energy reduction and cost and maintenance savings.

• Public Agency Department Employees – City/County: Who design, maintain, and protect infrastructure and protect people. Examples: fire, emergency services, public works, facilities, parks and recreation, community development, building and planning departments, etc.
• Commercial/institutional property owners, land managers: Who design and/or maintain multi-family homes, hospitals, school properties, and other large buildings, properties and/or their landscapes. Examples: landscape architects, designers and maintenance teams, asset, finance, and property managers, insurance agents, etc.
• Anyone responsible for programs, policies and procedures, compliance of above

• Two four-hour interactive live online sessions with robust conversations and activities with the instructor and colleague
• Strategies for fire protection using fire safety zones and defensible space principles
• Lessons and discussions on fire resistant plant selection, biological enhancements and maintenance vegetation modification techniques to reduce property vulnerability to wildfire
• Technical guidelines on how to protect and manage six types of California Urban Landscapes
• Specifics on firescaping compliance with local and state ordinances and regulations
• Best firescaping practices to mitigate climate change and create beauty
• Resources with contacts, book lists, and articles with the most up-to-date comprehensive information on firescaping program best practices
• Plans and exploration on how to create and manage a comprehensive firescaping program with community support that saves money, stress, and most importantly- lives
• Tools to implement immediate next action steps to create and manage a comprehensive firescaping program

 About the Instructor

The Firescaping Qualification Training (FQT) will be taught by Douglas Kent, author of the best-selling book on landscaping for fire protection, “Firescaping, 2nd Edition.” Kent has worked for almost 20 years with cities, NGOs, private companies, and utilities across California on a variety of projects. From risk assessments to landscape prescriptions, motivational public presentations to videos and webinars, he has dug his hands in soot filled soils, learned much, and is motivated to create a resilient and formidable California. Doug has two Master’s degrees in land management and has authored seven other books and has published many articles. 

Attendees from all areas of California are welcome. Download Firescaping Training overview.

• Qualified Professionals – don’t forget to use your Membership Discount Code to register with a discount. [email protected] if you have questions.
• ReScape Regenerative Education Fund: Scholarships available for anyone
• StopWaste Scholarship: For employees of Alameda County and employees of cities within Alameda County (link)
• Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership (SSQP) Scholarship: Scholarship for employees of Sacramento County and employees of cities within Sacramento County 

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