Fueling Fires: Wildfire Behavior and Mitigation
Please note that Zoom participation requires a SUNET ID. Non-Stanford attendees should contact Derek Fong (dfong@stanford.edu) for access.
This seminar is part of the fall 2023/2024 Wildland Fire Seminar Series, co-sponsored by the Bill Lane Center for the American West, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford Sustainability Data Science, and Woods Institute for the Environment. In the series, we will hear from a spectrum of researchers, decision makers, and industry experts on some important issues and challenges related to wildland fires. This talk will be led by Maria Santos from the University of Zurich.
The series continues Tuesday, November 7 with a talk by Georgia Scarr, undergraduate researcher at the Bill Lane Center for the American West.
Abstract
Community members, public servants, environmentalists and more are coming together across the country to reduce wildfire risk. Learn about these efforts from a wildland firefighter and undergraduate researcher at the Stanford Bill Lane Center for the American West. She will discuss the Bill Lane Center’s research into the Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority, a Joint Powers Authority partnership between stakeholders and 17 member agencies across Marin County. How have they been able to implement wildfire mitigation projects at scale, whilst ensuring thorough environmental compliance and community engagement?
WILDLAND FIRE SEMINAR SERIES
Fall Quarter 2023-24
Tuesdays s at 12:30 p.m. - Seminars via Zoom
October 3: Understanding the wildfire insurance challenge in California: from individual structures to the global reinsurance market
Michael Wara, Doerr School of Sustainability
October 10: Fire as a social-ecological system
Maria Santos, University of Zurich
October 17: Firetech: Using technology to address our wildfire crisis
Bill Clerico, Convective Capital
October 24: The Importance, Challenges, and Opportunities for Enabling Aerial Firefighting in Degraded Visual Environments
Mark Bathrick, Bathrick Aviation Consulting
October 31: Evolution of PG&E Wildfire Mitigation Efforts – 2019 to 2023
Andy Abranches, PG&E
November 7: Fueling fires: wildfire mitigation and wildfire behavior
Georgia Scarr, Bill Lane Center for the American West
November 14: Nonprofits and wildfire. The evolution of the Santa Clara County FireSafe Council: From hazardous fuels reduction to technology leader
Seth Schalet, Santa Clara County FireSafe Council
November 28: X-ray measurements to understand the science of fire spread by ember transport
Matthias Ihme, Department of Mechanical Engineering
December 5: Translating First Responder Expertise – Enhancing university wildfire management and communications
Luisa Rapport, Stanford Emergency Services
This seminar series is co-sponsored by The Bill Lane Center for the America West, Woods Institute for the Environment, Center for Sustainability Data Science, and the Wildland Fire Challenge.