The CNH Forest Fire Council 2017 Fall Meeting/Workshop/Training will be held in Redding, California this year.
WHEN
October 25-October 26, 2017
WHAT
View the draft agenda here >
WHERE
Red Lion Hotel Redding
1830 Hilltop Drive
Redding, CA 96002
Tel: (530) 221-8700
Fax: (530) 221-0324
REGISTRATION
$120 General registration fee for the two day training includes coffee service and an evening "Line Building" session, all about food, fellowship, and a few adult beverages.
VENDOR REGISTRATION
Vendors are able to display their wares. A fee of $175 per table will be assessed for the entire session. Multiple tables are available as well. Vendors will still need to pay for the registration fee in addition to the table fee. Any questions or concerns can be addressed to our vendor coordinator David K. Nelson dknelson@comcast.net.
THEME
Wildland Fire Management is a complex problem that needs to be addressed using a holistic, multi-faceted approach. This year's workshop will discuss solutions, science, and stories of successful strategies to address wildland fire under the framework of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
The National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy is a strategic push to work collaboratively among all stakeholders and across all landscapes, using best science, to make meaningful progress towards the three goals:
1. Resilient Landscapes
2. Fire Adapted Communities
3. Safe and Effective Wildfire Response
Vision: To safely and effectively extinguish fire when needed; use fire where allowable; manage our natural resources; and as a nation, to live with wildland fire.
ADDITIONAL LODGING INFORMATION
Rooms are available at a discounted rate for Tuesday and Wednesday nights ($93 for one queen bed plus tax and tourism fee). All room reservations for the CNH workshop on Oct 25-26, 2017 at the Red Lion Inn- Hilltop shall be made by visiting the Red Lion Hotel CNH room page here > or by calling 1-800-799-5466 using the code CALI1024 and mentioning you're with the California Nevada Hawaii Forest Fire Council for the group rate. To receive this special rate, rooms must be booked before October 13, 2017.
CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS:
Contact Gantry Andrade, event coordinator, for any general questions or concerns: Gantry.Andrade@hawaiicounty.gov
More about the Council:
General Information:
The California – Nevada – Hawaii Forest Fire Council (CNH) was born from the foresight of a few dedicated wildland fire protection managers in 1955. These pioneers saw the need for close cooperation and coordination among people and agencies engaged in research to solve the wildland fire problems of California and Nevada (and, later, Hawaii). They observed that these fire problems were increasing in complexity and posed an immediate and growing threat to the states’ wildland resources and to the increasing population that depended on the wildlands as a source of many useful products, their home sites, their livelihoods, and recreation.
The history of CNH continues today with people who still share the same vision of the organization’s founders. Although many fire problems have been solved or mitigated over the years, many challenges remain. The burgeoning population in all three states has placed ever greater pressures on the wildlands, including the increasing incidence of wildfires.
Mission:
The mission of the council is to promote professional Wildland Fire Management practices, protect lives and property, and enhance natural resource values in California, Nevada, Hawaii, and our Pacific Partners. The mission shall be achieved by:
Providing an open forum for identification and discussion of issues related to Wildland Fire Management.
Encouraging and promoting wildland fire management research and development. Serving as a forum for technology transfer relating to Wildland Fire Management.
Promoting public awareness of wildland fire issues and concerns with emphasis on supporting and implementing "fire safe" activities
