Living With Fire

10/14/2026

Join us this Thursday for a webinar to learn more about how to do community mapping to increase wildfire resiliency!

Are you looking for tools to help get your neighbors motivated to do wildfire mitigation work?

Creating maps together is a practical, people-centered approach to identify what matters most, where vulnerabilities exist, and how to use mapping to drive wildfire adaptation efforts.

Join us for a webinar on Wednesday October 15 from 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST to learn more. Register at: https://buff.ly/i7WMGwV

10/08/2026

Attention Lake Tahoe Basin residents and visitors!
Prescribed understory burning is underway on the west side of Fallen Leaf Lake today, Oct. 8, 2026.

The Fallen Leaf CSD Fire Department is burning approximately 1.3 acres today in coordination with the El Dorado-Amador Rx Burn Association. Prescribed fires help reduce overgrown vegetation to help protect local communities, infrastructure and natural resources from wildfires.

View the Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team Prescribed Fire Map and visit Tahoe Living With Fire for more information. Links:⬇️

Photo courtesy of ALERTWildfire.


CAL FIRE Amador-El Dorado Unit
Fallen Leaf Lake Fire Department
Lake Valley Fire Protection District (official)
Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team
Tahoe Living With Fire

10/08/2026

10/07/2026

How do you reduce the wildfire risk in your neighborhood?

Join us to understand and prioritize which vegetation mitigation or other risk reductions are available and might work in your neighborhood.

This workshop will be offered twice, on the following dates:
• Saturday October 17, 2026 from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
• Tuesday October 20, 2026 from 12:30 - 4:30 pm

Learn more and register at: https://buff.ly/hxk1Mxw

* We strongly recommend participants for this workshop attend the Wildfire Risk Assessment and Mapping Workshop offered on either October 10 or 13, 2026. *

10/02/2026

Due to the Bug and Hawk fires, the Small Business Administration declared a disaster for Nevada on September 11.

Impacted residents can apply for physical damage loans to help repair or replace damaged property. Small businesses can also apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) to aid with their financial responsibilities caused by the fires.

The deadline to apply for the Physical Loan is November 10. Applicants have until June 11, 2027 for the EIDL Loan. Applications can be submitted through MySBA Loan Portal at lending.sba.gov.

🔗 Hear more ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/ymnyzdx9
🎙️ Reporting by Mariel Day, KUNR intern
📷 Lucia Starbuck / KUNR Public Radio

10/01/2026

Are you looking for tools to help get your neighbors motivated to do wildfire mitigation work?

Creating maps together is a practical, people-centered approach to identify what matters most, where vulnerabilities exist, and how to use mapping to drive wildfire adaptation efforts.

Join us for a webinar on Wednesday October 15 from 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST to learn more. Register at: https://buff.ly/i7WMGwV

09/30/2026

After watching wildfires burning across Nevada and threatening communities, are you worried about what could happen to your neighborhood?

If you are a neighborhood/community leaders looking to understand wildfire risk in your neighborhood, join us for one of the “Identifying Wildfire Risk” workshops to conduct a wildfire risk assessment of your neighborhood.

This in-person workshop will be offered twice, on the following dates:
• Saturday, October 10, 2026 from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
• Tuesday, October 13, 2026 from 12:30 - 4:30 pm

Learn more and register at https://buff.ly/Lqs98rd

09/27/2026

Join us for a FREE Community Preparedness Night and learn practical ways to protect your home, plan for evacuation, prepare your animals, and strengthen wildfire preparedness in our community. Hear from local experts and get your questions answered.

Tuesday, October 6 | 6:30–8:00 PM

Free and open to all. Walk-ins welcome.

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Acompáñenos en una noche GRATUITA sobre preparación comunitaria y aprende formas prácticas de proteger su hogar, planificar una evacuación, preparar a sus animales y fortalecer la preparación ante incendios forestales en nuestra comunidad. Escuche a expertos locales y resuelva sus dudas.

Martes 6 de octubre | 6:30–8:00 p. m.

Evento gratuito y abierto a todo el público. No se requiere inscripción previa.

09/24/2026

TODAY! Join Tahoe Network of Fire Adapted Communities on September 24 from 11:30AM -12:30PM PST to learn more about why community data matters, how to graph your data, and ways to share the data with your neighbors and the wider community. Zoom link: https://buff.ly/lYAOsUR

09/23/2026