Wildfire Basics for Professionals: Educator Series
Empowering Educators to Teach Wildfire Awareness and Resilience
The Wildfire Basics for Professionals: Educator Series is a comprehensive professional development program designed to help educators build confidence in teaching wildfire awareness, preparedness, and resilience. Through a series of engaging training modules, participants gain practical knowledge about wildfire risk in Hawaiʻi and discover effective ways to incorporate wildfire education into classrooms, youth programs, and community learning environments.
Whether you are new to wildfire education or looking to expand your existing curriculum, this series provides a structured pathway from foundational wildfire concepts to hands-on educational tools and resources. Participants will explore strategies for preventing ignitions, preparing homes and communities, understanding wildfire risk, and introducing students to wildfire science through the KNOW Fire curriculum.
Why This Series Matters
Wildfire preparedness begins with education. By equipping educators with accurate information, practical tools, and engaging learning resources, the Wildfire Basics for Professionals: Educator Series helps foster a culture of awareness and shared responsibility. Participants leave with a stronger understanding of wildfire risk and the confidence to help students become informed, prepared, and resilient members of their communities.
What You'll Learn
Introduction to Wildfire Education
Begin with an overview of wildfire risk in Hawaiʻi and the role educators can play in building awareness, preparedness, and resilience among students and communities.
Module 1: Preventing Ignitions
Learn the fundamentals of wildfire prevention and explore how reducing human-caused ignitions can help stop wildfires before they start. Participants gain practical knowledge that can be shared with students and communities.
Module 2: Preparing Your Home, Yard, and Family
Explore steps individuals and families can take to reduce wildfire risk around homes and properties. Topics include defensible space, home hardening, emergency planning, and personal preparedness.
Module 3: Community-Level Wildfire Preparedness
Discover how neighborhoods, schools, organizations, and communities can work together to reduce wildfire risk and strengthen resilience through coordinated planning and mitigation efforts.
Module 4: Introduction to KNOW Fire
Gain an introduction to the KNOW Fire educational framework, including how wildfire concepts are organized and adapted for different grade levels and learning environments.
Module 5: KNOW Fire Curriculum Overview
Explore the KNOW Fire curriculum in greater depth, including recommended activities, teaching strategies, and resources designed to engage students in wildfire mitigation, ecology, fire science, and prevention.