April 7 ERFC Meeting Featuring IBHS Wildfire Expert

We’re excited to announce that Steve Hawks from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) will be our featured speaker at this month’s meeting. Steve will share science‑based, actionable guidance on how to better protect our homes and neighborhoods from wildfire.

The meeting begins at 5:30 pm on April 7th.

Featured Speaker: Steve Hawks 

Steve Hawks – Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety

Senior Director for Wildfire, IBHS

Steve Hawks leads wildfire policy, partnerships, code development, post‑fire analysis, and the implementation of the Wildfire Prepared Home and Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood programs at IBHS.

He brings more than 30 years of experience in fire suppression and prevention, including his long career with CAL FIRE, where he retired in 2022 as Assistant Deputy Director of the Office of the State Fire Marshal’s Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation Division.

Presentation Topic: Wildfire Risk to Wildfire Resilience

Steve will cover:

• How a wildfire ignition becomes a large‑loss conflagration

• The IBHS Wildfire Prepared Home Program

• Reducing risk at the parcel level through science‑based mitigation actions

Additional Speakers

• Truckee Fire — Community Updates

• Linda Ferguson — Seasonal Wildfire Outlook

• Jo Ann Fites‑Kaufman — Wildfire Ready Event

Join Us

Register to Attend via Zoom:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/w4PDnqZrTrKACW_1_lH6Xw

Or Join Us In Person:

Northwoods Clubhouse | Tahoe Donner

11509 Northwoods Blvd.

Truckee, CA 96161

We look forward to seeing you there and strengthening our community’s wildfire resilience together.

Your Firewise Team — Linda, Darin, and Heather