Summary Report Nevada Wildfire Awareness Month 2019 Prepared by: Jamie Roice-Gomes and Alyssa Thom Living With Fire Program University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Summary Report | 3 NWAM A collaborative effort since 2005 Nevada Wildfire Awareness Month (NWAM) 2019 was held May 1–31, with events and activities taking place throughout the state. This 14th annual effort, originally held as a weeklong observance, was expanded in 2014 to the entire month of May. Utilizing grant funds from the Bureau of Land Management, Nevada Division of Forestry and U.S. Forest Service, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Living With Fire Program coordinates this collaborative effort each year. Additional funding, support from corporate sponsors and in-kind contributions from program partners all helped to increase the effectiveness and impact of the many events and activities conducted. This year’s message was, “Wildfires Happen. Is your community prepared?” Members of the planning committee designed this message in an effort to educate Nevada residents that wildfire can threaten Nevadan communities and impact homes, property and human life. The key to minimizing the wildfire impact in Nevada is proactive communities that take steps to prepare. Efforts included 227 events and activities with 29,032 participants at those events, while 889,854 others were reached indirectly via newspaper articles, public service announcements, social media and other methods of communication. This report summarizes the events and activities that occurred as part of NWAM and includes a list of the 203 collaborators, 38 individuals from 22 entities on the planning committee, in-kind contributions, and a list of all events and activities by county. Collaborators 2019 • Alice Maxwell • Community Living • East Fork Fire • Florence Drake Elementary Magazine Protection District Elementary School • All Events in Reno • Crescent Valley/ • Elko County • Friends of Mt. • Allstate Insurance Beowawe Firewise • Elko Fire Charleston • Bailey Charter Community Department • Friends of Redrock Elementary School • Crescent Valley • Elko County Fire • Fox 11 • Beasley Media Group Fairgrounds Protection District • Golden Oldies • BFE Screen Printing • Crescent Valley • Elko Mining Group • Governor Steve & Embroidery Volunteer Fire – Ruby Hill Mine, Sisolak • Bonanza Casino Department LLC • Grace Warner • Bowers Mansion/ • College of Southern • Elmcrest Elementary Elementary School Davis Creek Park Nevada School • Grass Valley • Brad Hollendar • Cox • Esther Bennett Elementary Antiques • David E. Norman Elementary • Glenn Duncan • Bureau of Land Elementary School • Eureka County STEM Academy Management • Desert Research • Eureka County 4-H • Hidden Valley • Canine Rehab Center Institute • Eureka Lions Club WildHorse • Care Flight • Douglas County • Eureka County Protection Fund • Caring Neighbors • Douglas County Department of • Holbrook Highlands • Carson City Community Natural Resources Fire Adapted Community Emergency Response • Eureka County Community Emergency Response Team Emergency Medical • Horizon Print Team • Douglas County Services Solutions • Carson City Emergency • Eureka County • Humboldt Sun • Carson City Management Public Works • INTEGRAS – Community Center • Douglas County Department Firearms Safety • Carson City Flood Management • Eureka County Education Department of • Douglas County School District • Jacks Valley Motor Vehicles Sertoma • Eureka County Elementary School • Carson City Fire • Douglas County Sheriff’s Office / • Kelly Petit-First Aid/ Department Parks Department Dispatch CPR Instruction • Carson Now • Douglas County • Eureka/Diamond • Keep Truckee • Carson Valley Sheriff’s K-9 Unit, Valley Firewise Meadows Beautiful Preppers Motorcycle Patrol, Community • KOLO 8 News Now/ • Casino Fandango Mounted Posse and • Eureka Fairgrounds Reno • City of Elko Fire Mobile Dispatch • Eureka County • KRNV My News 4/ Department • Douglas County Volunteer Fire Reno • Citizen’s Patrol Seratoma Department • KTVN 2/Reno • Churchill County • Diamond Mountain • Evans Broascast • Lahontan Audubon • Clark County Future Farmers of Group Society • Clark County Fire America • Firewise • Lahontan Valley Department • Diamond Valley Communities USA News • Clark County School Weed District • Firewise • Lake Mead National District Communities USA Park Service Summary Report | 5 • Lakeview Fire • Nevada Department • Progressive Rancher • Storey County Adapted Community of Conservation and Magazine School District • Lander County Natural Resources • Quad Co. Public • Summitt Partners • Las Vegas Fire • Nevada Department Health Preparedness • Sun Valley Department of Transportation • Raine’s Market Elementary • Las Vegas Natural • Nevada Department • Raley’s • Switch History Museum of Wildlife • Record Courier • Sysco Intermountain • Las Vegas PBS • Nevada Division • Redrock Interpretive Inc • Las Vegas Review- of Emergency Rangers • Tahoe Journal Management • Reno Aces Environmental • Lemelson STEM Homeland Security • Reno Fire Research Center Academy • Nevada Division of Department • Tahoe-Douglas • Libby Booth Forestry • Reno Gazette- Bomb Squad Elementary • Nevada Fire Chiefs Journal • Tahoe Douglas Fire • Lincoln County Association • Reno Rodeo Protection District • Lincoln County • Nevada Historical • Reno/Sparks Indian • Tahoe Network Department Society Colony of Fire Adapted of Emergency • Nevada Land Trust • Republic Services Communities Management • Nevada Magazine Disposal • Tahoe Resource • Lincoln County Fire • Nevada National • Rita Cannon Conservation Protection District Security Site Elementary School District • Lincoln Park • Nevada Network • Rivermount Park • The Progressive Elementary of Fire Adapted Community Rancher • Lyon County Communities • Scenic Nevada • Truckee Meadows • MarkOne • Nevada State Flood • SIERA Ham Radio Fire Protection Productions Control Operators District • Mariposa STEM • Nevada State Fire • Sierra Front Wildfire • U.S. Fish and Academy Marshal Division Cooperators Wildlife • Metro Volunteer • Nevada State Parks • Silver Lake Volunteer • U.S. Forest Service Police • New to Reno Fire Department • University of • MGM Properties • North Lake Tahoe • Skyland Fire Adapted Nevada Cooperative • Moana Nursery Fire Protection Community Extension • Mound House Fire District • Smith Library • University of Nevada Adapted Community • Northern Nevada • Smith Valley/Mason Las Vegas • Mt. Charleston Fire Children’s Cancer Valley Conservation • University of Protection District Foundation District Nevada, Reno • National Fire • Northeastern Nevada • Smith Valley Fire • Virginia Palmer Protection Fire Prevention Protection District Elementary School Association Group • Smith Valley Fire • Washoe County • National Park • Northern Nevada Protection District • Washoe County Service Bluegrass Board Emergency • National Weather Association • Southwest Gas Management Service – Reno • Nye County • South Fork • Washoe County • Nevada Association • NV Energy Hardware - Eureka Search & Rescue of Counties • Pahrump Valley • South Valleys Library • Washoe County • Nevada Appeal Times • St. George Logistics Parks / Scenic Byway • Nevada Cattlemen’s • Peas & Carrots Child • State Farm Insurance • Washoe County Association Care • Stead Elementary Sheriff’s Office • Nevada Department • Pershing County • Storey County • Washoe Lake State of Agriculture • Pet Evac Pak • Storey County Fire Park Protection District • Washoe Tribe • Washoe Valley • Washoe Valley Vet • Winnemucca City • Winnemucca Rural Alliance Hospital Fire Department Volunteer Fire • Washoe Valley • Wells Fargo • Winnemucca Department Forum • Wild Animal Volunteer Fire • World Market Center Infirmary Department Summary Report | 7 Planning Committee Members Bureau of Land Management Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources • Zach Ellinger • Kevin Kranz • JoAnn Kittrell • Vanessa Marquez Nevada Division of Emergency Carson City Fire Department Management • Dave Ruben • Janelle Woodward • Rodd Rummel Nevada Division of Forestry City of Elko Fire Department • Eric Antle • John Holmes • Jeremy Fry • Chanse Hunwardsen Elko County Fire Protection District • Gabriel Mesina • Mike Vollmer • Steven Hamilton Nevada Network of Fire Adapted Eureka County Department of Natural Communities Resources • Michael Beaudoin • Jessica Santoyo Nevada State Fire Marshal Division Fire Prevention Association of Nevada/ State Fire • Danny Brennan • Rich Martinez Silver Lake Volunteer Fire Department Lincoln County • Dale Hildebrandt • Eric Holt Skyland Fire Adapted Community Mt. Charleston Fire Protection District • Ann Grant • Jorge Gonzalez Storey County Community Development, Building & Fire Prevention • Patty Blakely • Ashley Mead • Joe Starnes Tahoe Network of Fire Adapted Communities • Carlie Murphy Truckee Meadows Firefighters Association, IAFF 2487 • Alex Doerr Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District • Brett Lee • Adam Mayberry University of Nevada Cooperative Extension • Christine Nazarechuk • Jamie Roice-Gomes • Alyssa Thom U.S. Forest Service • Jennifer Diamond • Naaman Horn • Brian Rueblinger Summary Report | 9 Key Results 2019 Events or activities took place in all of Nevada’s 17 counties. 11 proclamations or resolutions were issued in support of NWAM: 10 from counties and one from a fire protection district. For the 11th year in a row a multistate proclamation was issued proclaiming May as Wildfire Awareness Month in 10 cooperating states. This collaborative effort included California, Colorado,