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Indigenous Fire, Forestry, and Fuels Crew

Building Climate Resilience and Relationship with Fire in SoCal

Photo by Joelene Tamm

Overview

The Indigenous Fire, Forestry, and Fuels Crew is trained in fire, forestry, and fuels management to support efforts in the region to address fire danger in historically excluded communities and to advance resilient and adaptive pathways for conserving the land.

Under expert guidance by La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians Tribal Fire Chief Wesley Ruise, Jr. and in collaboration with the Climate Science Alliance and its Tribal Working Group, this three-tiered model is building capacity and job opportunities while advancing efforts to build economic and climate resilience in Tribal and non-tribal communities across Southern California.

Established in 2022, this program focuses on advancing Tribal stewardship through creating a sustained, fully funded, stand-alone Indigenous-led fire, forestry, and fuels crew that is available to lead fuel reduction, prescribed and cultural burning, and native plant restoration throughout the region.

Support for the Crew comes from the California Department of Conservation and the Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County. Learn more here.

Our Approach

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Building Capacity for Recruitment and Training

Outreach and recruitment for individuals that have little to no experience with fuels reduction work.

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Fire Crew Certification

Provide the education and the certifications required to become part of a fire crew or an intertribal prescribed burn crew.

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Advanced Training

Support supervisory personnel and regional interagency departments for advancement of entry level personnel.

Related Projects

Stewardship Pathways Training Program: Indigenous Fire Stewardship Pathway

Participants will have the opportunity to receive certifications necessary to become a wildland firefighter and Tribal monitor working on the fire line.

MAATHAAW:
The Fire Within Us

Participants will have the opportunity to receive certifications necessary to become a wildland firefighter and Tribal monitor working on the fire line.

Southern California Interagency Fire and Fuels Cadre

Participants will have the opportunity to receive certifications necessary to become a wildland firefighter and Tribal monitor working on the fire line.

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