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Registration for October’s Firewise Virtual Workshops is now open! The Thursday, October 23 session, Improving Access for Wildland Firefighters features Jeremy Keller, as this month’s Ask an Expert presenter.
Topics covered include information on driveway accessibility needs for firefighting apparatus, the importance of address visibility, information on what fire personnel look for in making decisions about which homes may be defendable; along with simple tips on how homeowners can help firefighters prior to evacuating.
The one-hour agenda includes a thirty minute informational presentation followed by a thirty minute “Ask an Expert” component where questions related to the session’s topic are answered live. Registrants are encouraged to submit a question for the Ask the Expert component – submissions must be received by Monday, October 13 at 8am EDT. Question should be submitted to cprudhomme@nfpa.org.
This month’s guest presenter Jeremy Keller is with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and is both a wildland and structural firefighter. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the session; he’s a certified forester with a bachelor’s degree in fire administration, and also a bachelor’s and master’s degree in natural resources management.
Virtual workshops provide an opportunity for stakeholders to attend a live, no-charge, sixty minute interactive educational module, with the option of downloading the full session at a future date. Previous sessions were limited to the first 100 registrants, but in response to increased demand a new platform has been acquired that will now accommodate an unlimited sized audience. A transcript is also available following each session.
To register or access the recorded workshops visit http://firewise.org/online-courses-and-education/virtualworkshops.aspx.
