Many of our Fire Network members are regularly featured in news articles, podcasts, and other media discussing a variety of topics ranging from prescribed fire, wildfire preparedness, fire insurance, fire workforce development, and more. Updated monthly, we aim to highlight some of the most recent news from our team.
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Join the Fire Network's Statewide Coordinator, Katie Low, on The Placer Life Podcast where she unpacks how wildfires behave in Sierra Nevada forests and what research shows makes the biggest difference for communities in Placer County. Listen here.
In 2025, the Fire Network collaborated with UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) and the Central Coast PBA to host a Forester's Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (FTREX) at UC Berkeley's Blodgett Forest Research Station. Read more about it here.
UC Berkeley’s Cal Alumni Association published an alumni spotlight on Fire Network Director, Lenya Quinn-Davidson, that is a true testament to all of her hard work, passion, and leadership in this field. Read the story here.
The Fire Network's Community Resiliency and Built Environment Lead, Yana Valachovic, spoke with the LA Times about the importance of updating California's defensible space guidelines, including the adoption of Zone Zero. Read the story here.
The Fire Network's Community Resiliency and Built Environment Lead, Yana Valachovic, discusses what she saw in the aftermath of the 2025 LA County fires and what that means for the future of community fire mitigation in California in Politico.
Director of the UC ANR Fire Network, Lenya Quinn-Davidson, continues to build on the great success of WTREX, in helping to host the first-ever WTREX event in Mexico! This is now the fourth international country that the program has come to, and the planning for more international events is underway now.