Portland State University and the University of British Columbia

2026-2027 Cascadia Wildfire and urban smoke webinar series

The seventh year of the Cascadia Wildfire and Urban Smoke webinar series will include a diverse set of speakers and panels discussing critical research and policy issues related to the growing threat of wildfire. We continue to feature investigators funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Wildfire Resilience Initiative.

All sessions are held Wednesdays at 1pm Pacific Time on Zoom. Video recordings of previous years’ webinars are available at: https://research.ubc.ca/cascadia-wildfire-urban-smoke

October 14, 2026: Using Market Forces and Collective Action to Prevent Urban Wildfire Disasters

Presenters: Dave Winnacker (former fire chief, Moraga, CA) and Andy Revkin (science journalist)

This session will explore how neighborhood-scale mitigation, community collective action, and insurance price signaling can successfully prevent wildland fires from transitioning into catastrophic urban disasters.