This Learning Center includes a wide array of educational materials and links to other useful resources to help you learn how to reduce the wildfire threat to your family, home and community. Most of the materials were prepared by the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension faculty and have been peer reviewed to ensure relevance and accuracy. Topics range from pre-fire activities such as creating defensible space, to advice on safe evacuation practices, to what to do when returning home after a wildfire. These materials are available in written, interactive and video formats, with some available in Spanish, allowing you to use the format that works best for you.
Interactive Learning
We invite you to view these publications online, download and print or contact us to request a free copy. When available, some of these publications are available in large quantities. Contact us for more information.
Publications
- Fire Adapted Communities: The Next Step in Wildfire Preparedness - Carson City Version
- Fire Adapted Communities: The Next Step in Wildfire Preparedness - Nevada Version
This publication can be customized for your area - Contact us to request the master files. - Fire Adapted Communities: The Next Step in Wildfire Preparedness - Storey County Version
- Fire Adapted Communities: The Next Step in Wildfire Preparedness - Upper Colony, Smith Valley Version
- Fire Adapted Communities: The Next Step in Wildfire Preparedness - Washoe County Version
- A Homeowner's Guide to Cheatgrass
- Crested Wheatgrass: Hero or Villain in Reclaiming Disturbed Rangelands
- Forage Kochia
- Forest Thinning and Defensible Space
- Fuel Management Terms for Homeowners
- Greenstrips: Another Tool To Manage Wildfire
- Homeowner's Guide to Planting Crested Wheatgrass
- Living with Cheatgrass in the Great Basin Annual Rangeland
- Selecting a Tree Service Company
- Wildfire Threat Reduction Through Vegetation Management
- Choosing the Right Plants for Northern Nevada's High Fire Hazard Areas
This publication can be customized for your area - Contact us to request the master files. - Firescaping
- Good Plant Choices for Nevada's High Fire Hazard Areas
- The Combustibility of Landscape Mulches
- A Guide for the Homeowner - Eastern Sierra Front Version
This publication can be customized for your area - Contact us to request the master files. - A Guide for the Homeowner - Great Basin Version
This publication can be customized for your area - Contact us to request the master files. - A Guide for the Homeowner - Mt. Charleston Version
This publication can be customized for your area - Contact us to request the master files. - Living With Fire in the Big Sagebrush/Bitterbrush Environment
- Living With Fire in the Big Sagebrush/Grass Environment
- Living With Fire in the Mount Charleston Area
- Living With Fire in the Pinyon Juniper Woodland
- Living With Fire Recommendations for Nevadans
Publications En Español
- Viviendo con Incendios...en el Área de la Montaña Charleston
- Viviendo con Incendios...en los Bosques de Pinos y Enebros
- Viviendo con Incendios...en la Zona Ambiental de Artemisas y Arbustos Salvajes
- Viviendo con Incendios...en la Zona Ambiental de las Artemisas y Pastos
- Viviendo con Incendios...Una guía para los dueños de casas en Nevada
This publication can be customized for your area - Contact us to request the master files.
The following organizations provide services and information on wildfire threat reduction, wildfires or other related topics. Links on this page are provided for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement of the content, products or services by Living With Fire or University of Nevada Cooperative Extension. We hope you find them helpful.
Resources
- American Red Cross
- Bureau of Land Management
- eXtension Wildfire Information Network
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Firewise USA
- GEOMAC Wildland Fire Support
- National Fire Protection Association
- National Interagency Fire Center
- National Weather Service Fire Weather Information
- Ready.gov
- US Fire Administration
- USDA Forest Service
- Great Basin Institute
- Nevada Association of Counties
- Nevada Division of Emergency Management
- Nevada Division of Forestry
- Nevada Division of Insurance
- Nevada Fire Safe Council
- Nevada Insurance Council
- Nevada State Fire Marshal
- Nevada State Firefighters' Association
- Nevada State Library and Archives
- Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center
- State of Nevada
- University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
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Testimonials
- Burbank Fire 2011 – Homeowner discusses the effectiveness of wildland fuel reduction
- Caughlin Fire 2011 - Homeowner discusses how burning embers ignited his home
- Caughlin Fire 2011 – Homeowner’s perspective on being prepared for wildfire
- Caughlin Fire 2011 – Homeowner shows how defensible space helped save her home
- Caughlin Fire 2011 - Firefighter's perspective on the impact of burning embers during the fire.
- Caughlin Fire 2011 - Homeowner shares her family's difficult evacuation experience
- Caughlin Fire 2011 - Childrens' response to the fire
- Caughlin Fire 2011 - Homeowners describe their experience with animal evacuation
- TRE Fire 2012 - Homeowners describe how defensible space helped save their home and property
- Washoe Drive Fire 2012 - Firefighter describes his experience fighting the fire
- Washoe Drive Fire 2012 - Battalion Chief talks about fire behavior
Videos
- 1/3 Mile To Safety: A Family's Story
- Be Ember Prepared
- Living With Fire - Before, During and After the Fire
- Living With Fire in the Big Sagebrush/Bitterbrush Environment
- Living With Fire in the Big Sagebrush/Grass Environment
- Living With Fire in the Mount Charleston Area
- Living With Fire in the Pinion Juniper Woodland
- Mulch Burning Demonstration
