Community Wildfire Mitigation Training

Resource Conservation District of Santa Monica Mountains is hosting a Community Wildfire Mitigation Training event at the Calabasas Community Center.

Please join Wildfire Expert Instructor Pat Durland at a FREE Community Wildfire Mitigation Training.

When: Friday evening, May 23 & Saturday, May 24, 2025

Where: Calabasas Community Center: 27040 Malibu Hills Rd, Calabasas, CA 91301

At this two-day training event attendees will learn about wildfire regimes and the importance of home hardening and defensible space practices to make their homes and communities less vulnerable to wildfire ember ignition.

Those who complete the two presentation sessions and participate in the in-person structure analysis will receive a Certificate of Completion.

Completing this training will enable you to:

• Become a Home Wildfire Assessor
• Become a Firewise Community Leader
• Gain the knowledge to better protect your home and family
• Help your community become more resilient to wildfire

A Zoom option is available, however, in-person participation is required for the Structure Analysis portion of this training (which is necessary if you'd like to receive your certificate).

Schedule:

• Friday: 5:00 – 7:15 PM Lecture (in-person or Zoom)
• Saturday: 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM Lecture (in-person or Zoom)
• Saturday: 2:30 – 4:30 PM – Offsite Structure Analysis (TBA)

*there will be a break for lunch on Saturday between the Lecture and Structure Analysis from 12:30 to 2:30pm

About our Instructor:

With more than 35 years of experience and dedication to reducing wildfire losses, our instructor, Pat Durland, started Stone Creek Fire LLC (SCF) to share proven wildfire loss reduction strategies and tactics with the many communities facing these potential losses. Since 2004, SCF has played a national role in communicating, planning, and implementing wildfire mitigation programs and principles that reduce these potential tragedies and damages by fighting wildfire losses ‘smarter, rather than harder!’

Instructor Pat Durland requests that before the event, you please watch this important documentary from PBS:

Please click on the link below to watch the video.

Please contact Molly Ross, if you have any questions about this event.

Also check out other Workshops in Calabasas.