Living with Fire

One of the most popular self-help guides for wildland/urban interface residents ever published, millions of copies of Living with Fire are in distribution, and dozens of regional versions have been created.

The version on this website was created by the Pacific Northwest Wildfire Coordinating Group, and it's written specifically for Pacific Northwest residents. It includes fire behavior information that incorporates vegetative fuels, topography, and weather factors specific to Oregon and Washington. It also includes plants and plant-care advice specific to those shrubs and trees commonly found in Pacific Northwest wildlands and nurseries.

There are two ways to read this PNWCG edition of Living with Fire. Starting here, you can move from page to page by either using the menu at left (below the photos) -- or you can use the PREVIOUS and NEXT links at the bottom of each page.

The second way to read this edition of Living with Fire is to download and print a complete copy of the publication -- it's a 3.5MB PDF document. If you don't already have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, you can download a free copy.

BACKGROUND: The original Living with Fire program began in 1997, when Ed Smith and Paul Tueller of the University of Nevada, Reno and Fire Chief Loren Enstaad of the Sierra Front Wildfire Cooperators applied for and received a Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station / Nevada Cooperative Extension Joint Program grant. Together with Nevada's firefighting organizations, they developed a set of consistent wildfire threat reduction recommendations for Nevadans. These are the foundation of the Living With Fire educational materials and programs. Since then, the program has continued to grow. Today it's a collaborative effort involving the following organizations:

• Bureau of Land Management
• Farmers Insurance Group
• Nevada Fire Safe Council
• Nevada Division of Forestry
• Nevada Insurance Council
• Sierra Front Wildfire Cooperators
• USDA Forest Service
• University of Nevada Cooperative Extension

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