1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 From: Jonathan Fink <jonfink@xxxxxxx> At our next Cascadia wildfire webinar (Wednesday, March 12, 1-2 pm, https://pdx.zoom.us/j/88127775869 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pdx.zoom.us/j/88127775869__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!f6711JZ6X0Zp2tuYRX6ewdmomq6AJTDWzGs8yEhnZfAFOtzKPujgVgPq9T3Uo7DRPiIN8DEkxe5TbJzEntmM$>) we will have an open discussion about urban resilience, mingling of scientific disciplines, and the risks of urban wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. I will be leading the session along with Michael Armstrong of CityScale (http://cityscale.org <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://cityscale.org__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!f6711JZ6X0Zp2tuYRX6ewdmomq6AJTDWzGs8yEhnZfAFOtzKPujgVgPq9T3Uo7DRPiIN8DEkxe5TbL2rJcwD$>), a collaborative of former city sustainability practitioners. The basis for our discussion will be an article that Michael and I published in December in EOS ( https://eos.org/features/how-volcanologists-can-improve-urban-climate-resilience <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://eos.org/features/how-volcanologists-can-improve-urban-climate-resilience__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!f6711JZ6X0Zp2tuYRX6ewdmomq6AJTDWzGs8yEhnZfAFOtzKPujgVgPq9T3Uo7DRPiIN8DEkxe5TbAbd-Bi6$>), which explores ways that the experience of volcano scientists might inform how city resilience staff, emergency managers and urban residents can prepare for climate-related events theyâ??ve never before encountered. In response to an email distributed last month, several of you mentioned similar ideas that you've considered. For instance, Andy Harris shared a proposal that seeks to build â??climate change ready communitiesâ?? based around sporting clubs and events. John Delaney has been working on models for â??urban sea systemsâ?? that can raise the awareness of urbanizing coastal populations about climate-related hazards and resource issues. Thomas Giachettii suggested that the forthcoming (July 2026) Cities on Volcanoes conference in Bend Oregon could offer an excellent venue for bringing together volcano scientists and urban practitioners. Letâ??s explore these and related concepts at our meeting on March 12. The most immediate theme we hope to discuss is how volcano scientists and city governments can help raise public awareness of the risks of wildfires crossing the wildland-urban interface in the Pacific Northwest. But the conversation can go in many other directions. Feel free to send links or ideas youâ??d like us to distribute ahead of time. We will solicit your thoughts about which policy steps and technologies should be prioritized to raise the awareness and preparedness of city dwellers. Although weâ??re only advertising a one-hour discussion, if thereâ??s sufficient interest, we can extend longer or arrange for follow-up meetings. Again, the details are: Wednesday, March 12, 1-2 pm, https://pdx.zoom.us/j/88127775869 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pdx.zoom.us/j/88127775869__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!f6711JZ6X0Zp2tuYRX6ewdmomq6AJTDWzGs8yEhnZfAFOtzKPujgVgPq9T3Uo7DRPiIN8DEkxe5TbJzEntmM$>. The conversation will be recorded and posted with other Cascadia wildfire webinars here <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://research.ubc.ca/cascadia-wildfire-urban-smoke__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!f6711JZ6X0Zp2tuYRX6ewdmomq6AJTDWzGs8yEhnZfAFOtzKPujgVgPq9T3Uo7DRPiIN8DEkxe5TbGs53ZiO$> on YouTube. ======== Additional background ========= Among questions that could be addressed on March 12 are: * To what extent are FEMA-coordinated Community Emergency Response Teams <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/individuals-communities/preparedness-activities-webinars/community-emergency-response-team__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!f6711JZ6X0Zp2tuYRX6ewdmomq6AJTDWzGs8yEhnZfAFOtzKPujgVgPq9T3Uo7DRPiIN8DEkxe5TbNhS8zcf$> (CERTs) able to prepare urban neighborhoods for wildfire incursions? * What is the potential role of video game technologies, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality in alerting people to impending wildfire and other climate-related disasters? * Is there a need for an initiative like the USGS-USAID Volcano Disaster Assistance Program <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vdap/about.html)__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!f6711JZ6X0Zp2tuYRX6ewdmomq6AJTDWzGs8yEhnZfAFOtzKPujgVgPq9T3Uo7DRPiIN8DEkxe5TbBPrdm7F$> to let cities exchange best practice information and techniques in real time regarding ways to respond to climate hazards? * Can current or future studies of geologic hazards in cities offer insights about climate-related threats that can no longer be proposed to federal funding agencies in the U.S.? For nearly 200 years, volcanologists have grappled with the question of how to best alert people who live near periodically active volcanoes about unanticipated, suddenly revived risks. In 1980, residents of southern Washington State were told by U.S. Geological Survey scientists and Washington emergency managers that Mount St. Helens was coming back to life, posing dangers that had not been seen for over a century. The public educational strategy included community meetings and the sharing of maps, photos, movies and reports from more recently active volcanoes around the world. For their messaging to be most effective, it was important that the scientists, most of whom were based in California, Hawaii and Colorado, partnered with local officials who could translate foreign concepts into more proximal contexts of geography, history and culture. After the eruption of Colombiaâ??s Nevado del Ruiz Volcano killed more than 25,000 people in 1985, the USGS and U.S. State Departmentâ??s Agency for International Development (USAID) established the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP), which sought to accelerate the global exchange of technological expertise for monitoring and educating the public about eruptions. Similar programs have been organized by science agencies in Italy, France, the UK, New Zealand and Japan. Over the past decade, we in the Pacific Northwest have begun to realize that we are increasingly vulnerable to the kinds of urban conflagrations that have affected Los Angeles, Lahaina, Boulder, and Santa Rosa, despite the lack of such fires in our cities' recent histories. This lack of precedent is increasingly common for climate-related disasters, and parallels the situation encountered when dormant volcanoes come back to life. In our March 12 conversation, we will solicit your ideas about which policy steps and technologies should be prioritized to raise public awareness and preparedness. With the current administrationâ??s precipitous retreat from funding of scientific research, and their targeting of programs that help emerging economies, this kind of cross-disciplinary international dialogue seems more urgent than ever. 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 ============================================================== Volcano Listserv is a collaborative venture among Arizona State University (ASU), Portland State University (PSU), the Global Volcanism Program (GVP) of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and the International Association for Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI). ASU - http://www.asu.edu/ PSU - http://pdx.edu/ GVP - https://volcano.si.edu/ IAVCEI - https://www.iavceivolcano.org/ To subscribe to the volcano list, send the message: subscribe volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxx. To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxx. Please do not send attachments. ============================================================== ------------------------------ End of Volcano Digest - 3 Mar 2025 to 4 Mar 2025 (#2025-17) ***********************************************************
