HERE ARE SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO SHARE  

Organize community educational events  

Invite wildfire experts to speak at your Rotary Club 

Help educate your fellow Rotarians on the importance of becoming wildfire prepared.  

A couple of ideas:  

• Reach  out to your local Fire Department and see if they have a Wildland expert who would be able to speak at your event.
• Reach out to your Sheriff's department to see if they have someone from Emergency Management team speak about evacuation and evacuation notices.  
• Our Leadership team also has speakers available on Zoom who can provide an orientation to your club.   

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Organize a Town Hall event 

Help coordinate a town hall event focused on wildfire risks and wildfire preparedness. 

A couple of ideas you might want to consider: 

• Partner with your Chamber of Commerce to see if they do town halls or find another organization like the Fire Department to partner with your club to do a community event.   
• Consider getting speakers who are knowledgable about wildfire,  Fire department Wildland members,  Sheriff's emergency management personnel, insurance. professionals, elected officials, US Forest Service staff.  
• Speak about what Rotary Wildfire Ready is doing and/ or have a booth at the event and share materials.   

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Educational Presentations at local organizations

Conduct educational presentations on wildfire readiness for community clubs, churches, realtors, home associations, etc.

Host a booth at local events 

Setting up a booth

What you can put on a 6 foot table

A couple of ideas:  

• Handouts:   Rotary Wildfire Ready Evacuation Checklist and Simple Steps Flyer 
• Signage:   Rotary banner on your table top
• Ipad:   If you have an iPad, you can download all digital brochures and the Rotary Wildfire Ready App if you want something additional to share. 

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Talking points

You don't need to be an expert just ask questions and share materials.

Engage & Connect

Ask:

• “Are you Wildfire Ready?”
• “What steps have you already taken to prepare?”
  
  

Share:

• Acknowledge that every little bit helps & that Rotary Wildfire Ready has tools to help you get prepared.  
• Share the Evacuation Checklist and Simple Steps flyer 
  
  

 Always Bring Up -  Emergency Notifications 

Ask:

• “Are you signed up for local emergency notifications?”
• “Have you downloaded Watch Duty ? 

Share: 

• Share where to go to sign up for Emergency Notifications 
• Share how to get  Watch Duty App for real-time updates.
  
  

Hardening Your Home

Ask:

• Did you know that embers are what burn down the majority of homes during a wildfire?  
• Do you know how to harden your home from embers? 

Share: 

• Share the Hardening Your Home brochure
• Suggest they download the Rotary Wildfire Ready App 
• Suggest they review the Rotary Wildfire Ready website for tips on Home Hardening 
  
  

 Defensible Space

Ask:

• “What do you understand by the term defensible space?”
• “Do you know the most important area of your home to prepare Defensible Space ?  
  
  

​Share:

• Share the Simple Steps Flyer
  
• Defensible Space Brochure 
• Share the Rotary Wildfire Ready App .
• Suggest they review the Rotary Wildfire Ready website for tips on Defensible Space 
  
  

 Preparedness: Go Bags & Evacuation

Ask:

• “How would you prepare for evacuation on a Red Flag Day?”
• “Do you have a Go Bag?”
  
  

Share: 

• Share the Go Bag brochure or website
• Share the  Evacuation Checklist 
• Suggest they review the Rotary Wildfire Ready website for tips on Go Bag & Evacuation 

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Engaging Residents 

Consider a raffle or giveaways.

A couple of ideas: 

• Emergency Go Bag:    Find a local sponsor (realtor, insurance agent, power company, etc) who would donate a FEMA Go Bag for your raffle.
• Emergency Notification Give Aways:   Contact your county's emergency management team and see if they have any give-aways they can provide to encourage sign up for Emergency Notification sign up.  

Best Practice Tip:  The best place to have a booth is at community events that are hosted by the fire department or whose focus is wildfires and wildfire preparedness.   

Consider Picking One Thing to
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Ideas to Consider

• Partner with the Office of Emergency Management in an effort to get every resident of your county signed up for Emergency Notifications  (example:  Rotary Club of Boulder) 
• Partner with the Fire Department in an effort to get every resident of your county signed up with Watch Duty to stay attentive on wildfires in the area 
• Partner with Sheriff's department in an effort to get every resident of your county to review the evacuation checklist and have their Go Bags ready