Prevention & Risk Management

“If you can think of it, it can happen.”
“High risk, low frequency and no time to think…. slow down – slow down.”
– Gordon Graham, Esq.

Ager, et al., A comparison of landscape fuel treatment strategies to mitigate wildland fire risk in the urban interface and preserve old forest structure, (September 29, 2009), Forest Ecology and Management, FORECO-12033;

A Sample of NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports, (August 2009), Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Karter, An Analysis of Volunteer Firefighter Injuries, 2010 – 2012, (January 2014), National Fire Protection Association

Freier, At Our Own Peril: DoD Risk Assessment in a Post-Primacy World, (June 2017), U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, ISBN: 1-58487-761-8

California Retail Food Code, Excerpt from California Health and Safety Code, Part 7. California Retail Food Code, January 1, 2011

Hylton, Combating Moral Hazard: The Case for Rationalizing Public Employee Benefits, (September 6, 2011), Boston University School of Law Working Paper No. 11-36, August 4, 2011

California Volunteers, Community Emergency Response Team, CERT Program Manager Course, G427 Participant Manual, (May 2011), Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Management Institute, U.S. Fire Administration, CalEMA: 000-92297

California Volunteers, Community Emergency Response Team, Instructor Guide, (June 2003), Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Management Institute, U.S. Fire Administration, OES Grant: 2007-8 000-92297, IG-317

California Volunteers, Community Emergency Response Team, Participant Manual, (June 2003), Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Management Institute, U.S. Fire Administration, OES Grant: 2007-8 000-92297, SM-317

Bukowski, Detector Sensitivity and Siting Requirements for Dwellings, (1975), National Fire Protection Association, ISBN: 0-87765-066-1

La Blanc, Development Strategies in the Wildland/Urban Interface, (July 1991), International Association of Fire Chiefs Association, Western Fire Chiefs Association

Kramer, Disaster Planning and Control, (2009), PenWell Corporation, ISBN: 978-1-59370-189-5

UCSB, Emergency Flip Chart, (2013), University of California, Environmental Health & Safety, Santa Barbara

Barchi, Emergency Preparedness Task Force Report Hurricane Sandy, 2012, (March 2013), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Giesler, Fire and Life Safety Educator, (2011), Delmar Cengage Learning, ISBN: 13: 978-1-483-0541-0

Brakhage, et al, Fire & Life Safety Educator, 3rd Edition, (2011), Fire Protection Publication, Oklahoma State University, ISBN: 978-0-87939-396-0

Murnane, Fire Detection and Suppression Systems, (2005), Board of Regents, Oklahoma State University, ISBN: 0-87939-267-3

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Evarts, Fire Loss in the United States During 2017, (October 2018), National Fire Protection Association, FLX10

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Quarles, Home Survival in Wildfire-Prone Areas: Building Materials and Design Considerations, (May 2010), University of California Davis, Agriculture and Natural Resources, publication 8393

Harris, Interactive Online Ethics Course for State Officials, (2014), State of California, Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General

Robertson, Introduction to Fire Prevention, 7th Edition, (2010), Pearson Prentice Hall, ISBN: 13: 978-0-13-504194-9

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Dicus, Management Strategies in the Wildland-Urban Interface of Southern California and Their Effect on Fire Behavior and Environmental Impacts, (nd), C.A. Dicus: Page 1 of 8, Natural Resources Management Department, Cal Poly State University

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One – and Two – Family Residential Building Fires 2008 – 2010, (May 2012), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Fire Administration, National Fire Data Center, Topical FIre Report Series, Volume 13, Issue 4/May 2012

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“If you can think of it, it can happen.” “High risk, low frequency and no time to think…. slow down – slow down.” – Gordon Graham, Esq. Ager, et al., A comparison of landscape fuel treatment strategies to mitigate wildland fire risk in the urban interface and preserve old forest structure, (September 29, 2009), Forest […]

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Michael S. Williams

Michael S. Williams

Founder the Fire Services Training Institute

Williams founded the Fire Services Training Institute in 1995 to find solutions to the challenges confronting the volunteer fire service. He has been an active member of California State Firefighters Association (CSFA) since 1994, having served on the volunteer and public relations committees, and as a southern division deputy director. He sits on several local organizations including the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council, the Tri-Counties Training Officers Association, Santa Barbara Chapter of CAER and is a founding member of the Santa Barbara PIO group Emergency Public Information Communicators (EPIC). He has been the author of many articles and a columnist for a local newspaper on public safety matters. He is also the co-host of Community Alert on KZSB AM-1290 in Santa Barbara. Williams has been a member of the California State Board of Fire Services since 2008. Prior to becoming involved in the volunteer fire service, Williams was a California police officer for 12 ½ years and a POST certified Field Training Officer. He is a licensed private investigator and security consultant specializing in self-insured, government and insurance defense assignments.

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