Surviving and Thriving Through Wildfire Resilient Design

Wildfire risk in the built environment is rapidly increasing, bringing serious implications for life safety, property protection, insurance availability, and modern building standards. Architects, designers, and building professionals can’t afford to wing it—evidence-based strategies are essential for reducing vulnerability at both the building and community scale. Learn how to spot and mitigate critical ignition pathways. Understand how Predicted Fire Weather conditions and Early Alerts can be used to improve readiness and occupant safety. Get clear on the life-safety and economic impacts of urban conflagration smoke. Discover how Passive House buildings plug into the larger wildfire-resilience picture. We will spotlight defensible space, ember-resistant detailing, occupant health, and high-performance assemblies from a field-based Certified Wildfire Mitigation Specialist’s point of view. Get ready to equip clients, neighborhoods, and entire communities to prepare for—and have a much greater shot at withstanding—wildfire events while keeping energy efficiency and indoor air quality strong every day and during emergencies. About Our Speaker Stuart Mitchell, an NFPA Certified Wildfire Mitigation Specialist, is an expert in wildfire mitigation and community safety. His background includes conducting home assessments as a contractor with the nonprofit Fire Safe Sonoma, where he also produced educational presentations on preparing for wildfires in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI). He has consulted for ranches, HOAs, estates, wineries, utility scale solar facilities, and more. Combining environmental science with human dynamics, Stuart has served as a FEMA trained Crisis Counselor for the Sonoma Complex Fires, is certified in Community Emergency Response Team implementation, and has directed various nonprofit mental health programs. https://wildfiremitigationadvisors.com