by Matthew Suddaby | Jun 29, 2026 | News
In August 2025, the Flat Fire started in Central Oregon. The fire spread rapidly due to hot, dry, and windy conditions. It quickly threatened homes and communities, including the City of Sisters. However, thanks to years of collaborative mitigation work on public and...
by Deanne Suddaby | Oct 23, 2025 | News
The Community Wildfire Planning Center and CAL FIRE are thrilled to be recipients of the American Planning Association’s (APA) 2025 National Planning Award for Resiliency & Sustainability for our groundbreaking “Land Use Planning for Wildfires in California”...
by Deanne Suddaby | Sep 15, 2025 | News
The Community Wildfire Planning Center (CWPC) is expanding its wildfire land use planning trainings into Washington this November with two pilot trainings. These trainings are being offered in partnership with other agencies and organizations and were made possible by...
by Deanne Suddaby | Dec 17, 2024 | News
The Community Wildfire Planning Center and CAL FIRE – Office of the State Fire Marshal are excited to announce that registration is now open for the trainings “An Introduction to Land Use Planning for Wildfires in California”. These are free, all-day, in person...
by Deanne Suddaby | Jun 20, 2024 | News
Last month, CWPC and CAL FIRE – Office of the State Fire Marshal’s Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation Division wrapped up another successful round of trainings to educate planners, fire officials, building officials, and other professionals on Land Use...
by Molly Mowery | Sep 26, 2023 | News
Defensible space ordinances, also referred to as vegetation management, hazardous brush, or landscaping ordinances, can be a powerful regulatory tool to help communities reduce risk in the wildland-urban interface. Communities using this approach can effectively alter...
