The Diablo Fire Safe Council, in partnership with local fire agencies, is offering a one-day training aimed at arborists landscape contractors and designers.  The morning will cover wildfire basics, local fire history and suppression strategies.  Important features of creating defensible space, fuel management techniques and working in environmentally sensitive areas will build on that foundation.   Explanation of the local regulations will be followed with a group exercise to wrap up the morning joint session.  After a box lunch of networking the participants will choose from one of two break-out sessions:

• Supervised hands-on field work  OR,

•Design charette focusing on creating design plans