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Wildfire Efforts

As the community comes together to navigate these challenging times, we’ve gathered critical resources to support those affected and help you stay informed: 

Mutual Aid Resources

 

 

Housing Resources

 

Stay Updated

Donate and Support

 

Learn More: Wildfires & Emergencies

 

Stay safe, stay informed, and let’s support one another through this difficult time.

Thank you to USGBC-CA for helping provide many of these links

The Regenerative Builders Guide to Rebuilding CA:
Things that should be required or allowed for rebuild. By. Amanda Martin-Behrendtsen

  1. Disaster Mitigating Building Materials.

  2. Water Catchment Systems 

  3. Fire slowing indigenous Ag design for landscape.

  4. Powerline's ran under the ground.

  5. The right to live off-grid or to disconnect from the grid through solar at anytime, especially during an emergency or disaster.




 

The Answers are right here!
Hempcrete Fire Test Footage: 
Fillmore Fire Department, Ca 2021

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The intention of the USHBA through Region 9 efforts.

 Our intention is to help California rebuild for resilience. This is no small feat and will require careful strategy and mindfulness in every step we take. 

Step 1. Maintain Advocacy and Education efforts. Every community meeting, AIA event, and Green Building Council region meeting for community action in the rebuild efforts we will attend and make suggestions to help implement hemp building disaster mitigating qualities.

Step 2. Petition Emergency Code adoption ( Fed & State See Here).

Step 2.5. Meet with Government Officials, Building and Planning department Officials, EPA and FEMA reps, AIA Chapter heads in affected cities, to present evidence of superior building performance, discuss emergency code adoption and push green building initiative.(TBA)

 

Step 3​. Press and Media conversations (TBA).

Step 3.5. Public Fire Demos (TBA)

Step 4. Industry rally for materials, builders to teach and build, supply chain support for rebuild efforts. (Check out our "List of Needs")

Let’s Work Together

Here is our "List of Needs" If you can provide or donate any of these Please contact us below.

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