Blueprint for Wildfire Resilience: Using Maps, Plans, and Data to Protect Urban Trees (Part 2)

This is the second webinar in this three-part series. Thank you to Dudek for their sponsorship!

Urban wildfire resilience isn’t created from a single plan—it emerges from a connected system of codes, maps, policies, and partnerships that help communities understand risk and take meaningful action. For urban foresters, these tools are increasingly important for protecting urban tree canopy, guiding vegetation management decisions, and ensuring that urban forests are integrated into broader wildfire preparedness and mitigation efforts.

In this 2^nd session of Wildfire and the Urban Forest series, we explore the essential planning resources that shape wildfire resilience and examining the purpose, structure, and practical application of the most common planning frameworks used across jurisdictions. You will discover how hazard and risk information is used to identify vulnerable areas, prioritize mitigation actions, and balance wildfire risk reduction with the many environmental, social, and economic benefits that urban trees provide.

Blueprint for Wildfire Resilience highlights the growing role of GIS, spatial risk modeling, and interactive planning tools such as StoryMaps – technologies that are helping communities visualize risk, communicate priorities, engage stakeholders, and make more informed decisions about urban forest management and wildfire mitigation. Whether you’re developing plans, managing trees, advising decision-makers, or collaborating across departments, you’ll leave with a stronger understanding of planning tools that can help integrate urban forestry into community wildfire resilience strategies.

Join us to discover how maps become strategies, plans become action, and urban forests become part of the solution in creating healthier, safer, and more resilient communities.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Apply wildfire planning resources, such as codes, Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps, and risk assessments in mitigation and preparedness decisions.
2. Analyze Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs), Urban Forest Management Plans, and Wildfire Mitigation Plans for supporting coordinated community resilience efforts.
3. Evaluate GIS, spatial risk modeling, StoryMaps, and other interactive planning tools for communicating risk, engaging stakeholders, prioritizing actions, and supporting long-term implementation.

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