Name: It Takes a Village: How to Scale a Community Wildfire Resilience Program
Start: 2026-05-13T13:35:00-0600
End: 2026-05-13T14:10:00-0600

2026 CRHNet Symposium

It Takes a Village: How to Scale a Community Wildfire Resilience Program

Wednesday May 13, 2026 1:35pm - 2:10pm MDT

PIC 232

Boulder, Colo. (USA) – like much of the Rocky Mountain State – is continuing to face increased threat from wildfire.

As Colorado continues to expand its preparedness and pass new laws that mandate that insurance companies take into account mitigation measures, among other new measures, the City of Boulder is also taking critical steps to mitigate risk in their community.

Boulder has been investing in tools to help make better data-driven decisions, primarily through expanded, high-quality home assessments.

Attendees will hear directly from Danielle McNutt, Boulder Fire-Rescue’s community risk reduction senior program manager and Fire Aside’s CEO, Jason Brooks, about how her agency was inundated with Wildfire Detailed Home Assessment requests (DHA) following the Marshall Fire and scaled to meet the moment.
McNutt will hone in on a tangible and real-world example: the Wonderland Hills community in Boulder.

By collaborating with one of the United States' top minds on predicting wildfire behavior in the built environment, Dr. Hussam Mahmoud of Vanderbilt University, McNutt was able to implement very specific and impactful choices.

Wonderland Hills constitutes 15 homeowners’ associations (HOA), which means that close collaboration is required between residents, community leaders, fire officials, and numerous public agencies and other regional partners.

By leveraging regional and local grant incentives for maximum impact, the City of Boulder is ensuring vegetation work by Boulder County Parks & Open Space is matched by residents to do their part to maximize risk reduction and return on limited public funds.

As a result of this vision, Wonderland Hills and Boulder homeowners now have access to high-quality, detailed, and actionable risk assessment information about how to protect themselves.

Following the talk, attendees will be able to go to their local policymakers and make a clear and compelling case as to why their community can repeat this playbook.

Speakers

Jason Brooks

CEO, Fire Aside (USA)

Jason Brooks is the CEO of Fire Aside (USA), a public-private technology platform helping communities adapt and prepare for wildfire. Fire Aside is now used by over 100 local fire agencies, non-profits and home owners’ associations across 12 states and has delivered millions of... Read More →

Wednesday May 13, 2026 1:35pm - 2:10pm MDT
PIC 232 NAIT Productivity and Innovation Centre

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