Request For Proposals
RELEASE DATE: May 29, 2015 CLOSING DATE: June 5, 2015 PROJECT TITLE: One Less Spark, One Less Wildfire Media Campaign CONTACT PERSON: Ivy Dickinson Executive Director Idaho Firewise (208) 596-0340...
View ArticleCreating defensible space can save your home
BOISE — Boise Fire investigators say it was fireworks that started an early morning grass fire on Protest Road in Boise. The fire shot up a hillside and caught some juniper trees on fire, and then a...
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Firewise Garden Opens to Educate Public
College of Southern Idaho Breckenridge Endowment Farm Firewise Demonstration Garden Visitors walk through the College of Southern Idaho Breckenridge Endowment Farm Firewise Demonstration Garden...
View ArticleHow to Report a Wildfire
First – Keep yourself safe. Depending on the size of the fire, it may not be wise to try to get a closer look. Get to a vantage point where you can gather valuable information to relay to the...
View ArticleGreat Basin Prevention, Education, & Mitigation Conference
Wildfire Awareness….What is Your Part? This conference is open to all agencies, organizations, departments, and communities who have an interest in wildfire education and public safety. During this...
View ArticleRequest For Proposals – 2016 Media Campaign
“Don’t Trash Your Public Lands” Media Development and Distribution Idaho Firewise invites proposals from qualified agencies regarding the development of an integrated outreach campaign to be...
View ArticleEra of Megafires Tour Schedule
In May 2017 Idaho Firewise is bringing a 70-minute multi-media presentation featuring fast-moving, topic-based talks, interspersed with compelling video vignettes, and stunning photography from...
View ArticleHiring – Seasonal Garden Assitant
Idaho Firewise is seeking to fill a part time position as the Firewise Garden Assistant, located on College of Western Idaho Horticulture grounds adjacent to the Idaho Botanical Garden. The position...
View ArticleSouthWest Idaho Wildfire Mitigation Forum to be held May 10th
The Southwest Idaho Wildfire Mitigation Forum is for agency and organization people who work for, and with, the public in the area of wildland fire education and mitigation. The forum focuses on...
View ArticleHow to Report a Wildfire
First – Keep yourself safe. Depending on the size of the fire, it may not be wise to try to get a closer look. Get to a vantage point where you can gather valuable information to relay to the...
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Firewise Garden Opens to Educate Public about Defensible Space
TWIN FALLS • As Brett VanPaepeghem drives around neighborhoods, he notices most people aren’t as safe as they might believe. VanPaepeghem, who is the Boise-based southern Idaho project manager at...
View ArticleMay is Fire Awareness Month in Idaho
By Proclamation by the Governor of Idaho, May has been declared Wildfire Awareness Month. Idaho Joined California, Nevada, and Oregon in their joint effort to declare May as Wildfire Awareness month in...
View Article2017 Wildfire Community Preparedness Day Award Winners Announced.
Thanks to the generous support from State Farm, 150 communities received project funding awards to support activities aimed at reducing potential loss of life, property and natural resources to...
View ArticleIdahoGives and Idaho Firewise, Inc. – Support an Idaho Nonprofit on May 4!
Idaho Firewise, Inc. has joined the Idaho Nonprofit Center and it’s Idaho Gives program. Idaho Gives is designed to bring the state together, raising money and awareness for Idaho nonprofits. This...
View ArticleCreating Defensible Space Can Save your Home
BOISE — Boise Fire investigators say it was fireworks that started an early morning grass fire on Protest Road in Boise. The fire shot up a hillside and caught some juniper trees on fire, and then a...
View ArticleFire prevention specialist recognized in ceremony
TWIN FALLS, ID – On April 25, 2017, Bureau of Land Management Idaho State Office Fire Mitigation and Education Specialist Jennifer Myslivy was awarded the Bronze Smokey Bear Award during a ceremony...
View ArticleNow Accepting Grant Applications
Many state and federal programs provide funding to help communities in wildland/urban interface (WUI) areas reduce their wildfire risk. Funding has been awarded to Idaho’s county governments,...
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