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Conversations with experts about disaster preparation.
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Send us a text The Executive Director discusses her background, the job and how she almost didn't take it, and what a perfect fit it has turned out to be. Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Laura Caps discusses Edison company's interface with local customers and a short discussion on some rural roads Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Rob Hazard, retired Fire Marshal of Santa Barbara County Fire shares his perspective garnered from hIs decades addressing wildfire in Santa Barbara County. Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Dr. Leila Caravalho, Professor of Climate and Meteorology in the Geography Department at UC Santa Barbara talks with us about the vagaries and effects of wind in Southern Santa Barbara County Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Kate Furlong, SBCFSC Community Resilience Program Manager, discusses the role and future of the organization. Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Dr. Christina Sandoval shares her Knowledge of some lesser Known residents of the Chaparral Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Dr. Dennis Clegg talks about evacuating and losing his home in the Thomas Fire Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Stephan Doughherty, Montecito Fire Commissioner and member of Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue discuses evacuation preparedness options. Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text UCSB professor Carla D' Antonio shares with us some perspectives on the Chaparral and how it has been effected by the changes in its surroundings over thousands of years, Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Years of experience with preparation for and extinguishing wild land fire has given Steve a unique perspective for instructing residents and firefighters in suppression and survival in wild fire Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Ray Ford talks about the recent wildfires in Pacific Palisades and Altadena and their ramifications Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Chief David Neels of Montecito Fire Department discusses his history in the fire service and directions Montecito is taking now and in the future with wildland fire Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Mark Von Tillow, veteran fire fighter with more than three decades with the USFS discusses his experience and the changes to wildland fire behavior and suppression he is already seeing and anticipating. Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Santa Barbara City Fire Department Battalion Chief John Ahlman Retired, recalls more than four decades service with three different fire departments Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Santa Barbara County Retired Fire Marshall Rob Hazard talks about Fire on the Urban side of the WUI Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Dr. D'Antonio,professor and researcher at UC Santa Barbara returns to drill down into the difference between plant communities and their response to wild land fire and how we best protect life and environment within them. Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Max A. Moritz, Ph.D. Wildfire Specialist at U.C. Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources and Adjunct Professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science joins us to discuss how, many factors are responsible for the way wildfires move through various environments. Plant community, weather, building construction, topography, fuel reduction and many other factors contribute to the spread of wildfire and all need to be considered for effective control and cont...
Send us a text Nic Elmquist is the Wildland Fire Specialist at the Montecito Fire District. Nic is a member of an Incident Management Team and travels extensively around the West as he is assigned to different campaign fires. In this edition of Surviving Disaster one of the things he explains is the Incident Command System and its benefits Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of ou...
Send us a text In this episode of Surviving Disaster we are joined by Carla D'Antonio PHD, Professor of Ecology in Environmental Studies at UCSB. We are broadly discussing the controlled impacts of fire on the chaparral and the people who choose to share it. Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
Send us a text Ted and Rob discuss wildfire behavior, defensible space zones, home hardening Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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