Chris Schroeder, Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), recently shared that Nebraska is already on-track to surpass the number of wildfires we experienced in 2022 that reached the level of requiring disaster assistance. Several resources have been added to the Nebraska Extension Disaster Education website focused on wildfires – https://disaster.unl.edu/wildfires
Additional Resources:
• Fit and Healthy Kids Natural Disasters Social Media Resources (English and Spanish) https://fitandhealthykids.unl.edu/natural-disasters
• Nebraska Forest Service - Firewise Landscaping Practices
• Ready.gov – FEMA (Several resources are available in multiple languages)
o Wildfires: https://www.ready.gov/wildfires
o Wildfire Safety Social Media Resources: https://www.ready.gov/wildfire-safety-social-media-toolkit
o For youth: https://www.ready.gov/kids/disaster-facts/wildfires
• FEMA – Wildfire Preparedness: https://community.fema.gov/ProtectiveActions/s/article/Wildfire
• AirNow.gov – Air Quality Where You Are: https://www.airnow.gov/
• National Fire Protection Association – Wildfire Community Preparedness Day is May 6, 2023: https://www.nfpa.org/Events/Events/National-Wildfire-Community-Preparedness-Day
• U.S. Fire Administration – Wildfire Outreach Materials: https://www.usfa.fema.gov/wui/outreach/
• Nebraska Department of Agriculture – Fire Response Resources: https://nda.nebraska.gov/disasterresources/index.html
• National Weather Service – Fire Weather Safety: https://www.weather.gov/safety/wildfire
We’ll also be sharing resources on the Nebraska Extension – Disasters Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NEextensiondisasters. You are encouraged to follow this page and share the resources on your office and personal social media sites.
Soni Cochran, scochran2@unl.edu