Much of nevada is considered a high-fire hazard environment, possessing all the ingredients necessary to supportintense and uncontrollable wildfires

Within this high-hazard environment are individual homes, subdivisions, andentire communities. The living with fire program has provided the leadership, expertise and coordination tocontinuously grow a coordinated, interagency effort that promotes, teaches and advances wildfire threat reductionactivities for these nevada communities. The objectives of this proposal are to 1) provide education thatpromotes combustive vegetation management, structural ignition prevention and defensible space, and 2) buildcapacity within communities to become fire adapted. Our objectives will be accomplished by way of the following eight tasks: 1) facilitate the development ofcommunity wildfire protection plans (cwpps) for all 17 nevada counties, 2)lead workforce development thoughcareer technical education programs, 3) conduct community outreach and education programs in wildland-urbaninterface and rural communities, 4) create and execute training courses for landscape and building professionals,5)develop and implement k-12 fire science curriculum, 6) coordinate an annual multi-agency public messagingeffort to increase fire preparedness and reduce fire risk, 7) support the fire adapted nevada initiative, and 8)develop new content for education and outreach purposes. The outcomes of this project will enhance communitywildfire preparedness across nevada and will create a trained workforce.