Agenda

Time

Topic

Speaker(s)

8:00 am

Registration Opens                 

9:00

Ed Burton, CA State Conservationist, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

9:15

What is RAST?

Thom Porter, CAL FIRE Staff Chief & Chair, Southern California Regional Area Safety Task Force (RAST)

Scott Murray, President, South Coast Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) Council 

Jae Lee, Asst. State Conservationist for Field Operations, USDA NRCS

9:30

Forward Thinking Californians Living with Wildfire

Tonya Hoover,  CAL FIRE State Fire Marshal

9:50

AQMD Smoke Management Forecasting

Kevin Durkee, Senior Meteorologist, South Coast Air Quality Management  District (AQMD)

10:10

Forest and Vegetation Health and Wildfire Risk

Kathleen Edwards, CAL FIRE

10:30

Break

10:45

Collaboration Between Natural Resource Professionals, Planners, Local Government and Firefighting Professionals

Kathryn Kirkpatrick, Fire Management Officer, US National Park Service

11:05

Planning for Wildfires; A Regulatory Response

Jeff Murphy, Deputy Director, San Diego County Dept. of Land Use and Planning

Della Snyder-Velto, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Diane Travis, Fuels Officer, Angeles National Forest, USFS

11:45

Question & Answer Panel – Morning Speakers

12:00 pm

Lunch (on premises )

1:00

Considering Risk When Deciding Where To and How To Build

Bill Stewart, Cooperative Extension Specialist, UC Berkeley

Jerry Joliffe, Deputy Planning Director, Riverside Co. Planning Dept.

Brian Moore, Planning Manager, SE Corporation

2:00

Break

2:15

Regulations that Affect Fire Safe Clearance and Building in California

Phyllis Banducci, CAL FIRE, Office of State Fire Marshall

2:40

Insurance Considerations and Homeowners Protection

Marilyn Huntamer, Farmer’s Insurance  and Fire Safe Council of San Diego Co.

3:05

Question & Answer Panel – Afternoon Speakers

3:30

Collaborative Efforts

Bob Roper, Chief, Ventura County Fire Department

3:50

Closing Comments, Wrap-Up & Evaluation

Thom Porter

4:00

Summit Ends