BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55bb3000dbe06f722e953f8550795d90254 CATEGORIES:ReScape Professional Trainings SUMMARY:ReScape Firescaping Qualification Training (FQT) DESCRIPTION:
Dates: October 20, 21, 2020 | Tim
e: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Format: Live Online Train
ing | We have reached our registration limit, registration has closed. Please register for our November FQT.
California continues
to face increasingly damaging and brutal wildfire seasons. Public agencies
and jurisdictions throughout the state are trying to address this unprecede
nted crisis with better preparation and approaches to build community resil
ience and reduce damage. ReScape is
helping to address this crisis with our newest qualification training,
In 2018, California experienced its most destructive wildfire season on record. More than 25 million acres of California wildlands are classified as very high or extreme fire threats—a risk area covering more than half the state. By 2 100, if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, one study found that the frequency of extreme wildfires burning over approximately 25,000 acres wou ld increase by nearly 50 percent, and that average area burned statewide wo uld increase by 77 percent by the end of the century. In the areas that hav e the highest fire risk, wildfire insurance is estimated to see costs rise by 18 percent by 2055 and the fraction of property insured would decrease. The warming climate and shifting precipitation patterns have lengthened Cal ifornia’s fire season and contributed to an increase in larger fires.
This new program educates, aligns and empo wers public agencies, commercial and institutional property owners, and lan dscapers to work collaboratively across departments and organizations to im plement whole-systems firescaping strategies to protect people, assets and our future welfare.
ReScape’s Resilient Regenerative Firesc aping Qualification Training (FQT) is based on our 8 Principles for Regener ative Landscapes (8 Principles) and establishes a more sustainable long-ter m approach to managing fire hazards beyond current vegetation management pr actices. The course provides comprehensive best practices in regene rative landscaping, specifically oriented to reducing fire hazards and prep aring cities and large property owners/managers for safety before, during a nd after a firestorm. It offers cities and commun ities a pragmatic framework to limit wildfire damage by developing and mana ging landscapes, advocating for maintenance on others, and supporting prope rty owners to design, build and maintain for fire.
ReScape’s 8 Princi ples approach to firescaping protects properties and landscapes and conside rs the best practices to mitigate climate change and create beauty with car bon landscaping, green infrastructure, waste plant debris prevention and de crease in landfill costs, regenerative landscape features, water capture an d purity, embodied energy reduction and cost and maintenance savings.
Other ReScape Complimentary Trainings< /p> - Landscape Design Qualification Training p> - Landscape Maintenance Qualification T raining - Rated Landscape Train ing - Advanced Professional La ndscape Workshops - 8 Principl es Webinar |
About t
he Instructor
The Firescaping Qualif
ication Training (FQT) will be taught by Douglas Kent, author of the best-s
elling book on landscaping for fire protection, “Firescaping, 2nd Ed
ition.” Doug began his work in fire protection in Mill Valley (CA) in 1993.
Since then he has been on the front line of many fires, traversed the rema
ins of most of the state’s worst fire, and interviewed experts across the s
tate. Kent has worked for 15 years with cities, NGOs, private companies, an
d utilities across California on a variety of projects. From risk assessmen
ts to landscape prescriptions, motivational public presentations to videos
and webinars, he has dug his hands in soot filled soils, learned a tremendo
us amount, and is motivated to create a resilient and formidable California
. With two Master’s degrees in land management, Kent has written seven othe
r books, and his work has appeared in such publications as, CNN Comcast, Co
astkeeper Magazine, Fine Gardening, HGTV, Marin Independent Journal, Los An
geles Times, National Wildlife, Pacific Sun, Sonoma Press Democrat, Souther
n Sierra, Sunset magazine, and all of the Marin Scope newspapers.
Scholarships available for employees of S topWaste, reach out to info@rescapeca.org for more information.