Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on “Wildfire Prevention and Community Contributions to Wildfire Management” organized by AUA Acopian Center for the Environment and United States Forest Service will take place on October 28, 2019 in the Akian Gallery, American University of Armenia.
The workshop will discuss the following issues:
15:00 – 15:15 | Registration and coffee |
15:15 – 15:30 | Opening remarks – Introductions to the workshop objectives and participants Alexander Arakelyan, AUA Acopian Center for the Environment |
15:30 – 16:00 | Presentation – Wildland Fire Prevention: Wildfire prevention basics; sample wildfire prevention strategy (Khorovats/Warming Fire); story of Smokey Bear and five rules of wildfire prevention Dennis Fiore, Fire Prevention Coordinator, US Forest Service |
16:00 – 16:10 | Coffee-break and forming of working groups |
16:00 – 16:50 | Group work and discussion (topics are presented on the reverse side of the paper) |
16:50 – 17:00 | Closing remarks |