Wildfire Defense; Science, Wisdom and Common Sense

Episodes

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  Historical Perspective on Local Disaster with Neal Graffy 22.06.2026 1h

  Send us Fan Mail Earthquakes and Wildfire and Some Lessons Worth Learning Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  Dr. Chris Funk, Director of the Climate Hazard Center at UC Santa Barbara 03.06.2026 48m

  Send us Fan Mail Dr. Funk discusses with us the upcoming El Nino season and its causes and effects around the world. Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  Anne-Marie Parkinson, Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council 05.02.2026 1h 2m

  Send us Fan Mail The Executive Director discusses her background, the job and how she almost didn't take it, and what a perfect fit it has turned out to be. Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  A Chat with Laura Capps, Supervisor of Second District Santa Barbara County 23.01.2026 28m

  Send us Fan Mail Laura Caps discusses Edison company's interface with local customers and a short discussion on some rural roads Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  Perspectives on Plannimg, Permiting for Wildfire Protections of Rural Communities in Santa Barbara County 20.01.2026 1h 2m

  Send us Fan Mail Rob Hazard, retired Fire Marshal of Santa Barbara County Fire shares his perspective garnered from hIs decades addressing wildfire in Santa Barbara County. Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  How wind behavior in the transverse mountain ranges of California affects wildfire 25.11.2025 55m

  Send us Fan Mail Dr. Leila Caravalho, Professor of Climate and Meteorology in the Geography Department at UC Santa Barbara talks with us about the vagaries and effects of wind in Southern Santa Barbara County Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council's Many Roles in Preparation and Protection from Wildfire and Conflagration 23.10.2025 58m

  Send us Fan Mail Kate Furlong, SBCFSC Community Resilience Program Manager, discusses the role and future of the organization. Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  Lesser Known Residents of the Chaparral 10.10.2025 51m

  Send us Fan Mail Dr. Christina Sandoval shares her Knowledge of some lesser Known residents of the Chaparral Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  Our Home Leveled by Wildfire 08.10.2025 47m

  Send us Fan Mail Dr. Dennis Clegg talks about evacuating and losing his home in the Thomas Fire Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  Evacuation Preparation 14.08.2025 1h 17m

  Send us Fan Mail Stephan Doughherty, Montecito Fire Commissioner and member of Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue discuses evacuation preparedness options. Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  Some History of the Southern California Chaparral Plant Community 16.06.2025 57m

  Send us Fan Mail UCSB professor Carla D' Antonio shares with us some perspectives on the Chaparral and how it has been effected by the changes in its surroundings over thousands of years, Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  Steve Davis recalls and expands on his years as a wildland fire boss 29.05.2025 59m

  Send us Fan Mail Years of experience with preparation for and extinguishing wild land fire has given Steve a unique perspective for instructing residents and firefighters in suppression and survival in wild fire Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  Ray Ford Discusses Wildfire 22.04.2025 1h 15m

  Send us Fan Mail Ray Ford talks about the recent wildfires in Pacific Palisades and Altadena and their ramifications Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  Chief David Neels Montecito Fire Department 14.04.2025 1h 1m

  Send us Fan Mail Chief David Neels of Montecito Fire Department discusses his history in the fire service and directions Montecito is taking now and in the future with wildland fire Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  Mark Von Tillow, Wildland Fire Specialist, Santa Barbara City Fire Department 03.04.2025 50m

  Send us Fan Mail Mark Von Tillow, veteran fire fighter with more than three decades with the USFS discusses his experience and the changes to wildland fire behavior and suppression he is already seeing and anticipating. Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  John Ahlman Remembers 15.03.2025 1h 9m

  Send us Fan Mail Santa Barbara City Fire Department Battalion Chief John Ahlman Retired, recalls more than four decades service with three different fire departments Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  Fire in the Built Environment 20.02.2025 1h 35m

  Send us Fan Mail Santa Barbara County Retired Fire Marshall Rob Hazard talks about Fire on the Urban side of the WUI Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  Some differences between Northern conifer forest fires and wildland fire in the chaparral 15.11.2024 55m

  Send us Fan Mail Dr. D'Antonio,professor and researcher at UC Santa Barbara returns to drill down into the difference between plant communities and their response to wild land fire and how we best protect life and environment within them. Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of our main means of improvement. Thanks again for listening...
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  Today scientists consider a broader spectrum of reasons wildfire spreads in different environments 08.11.2024 1h 1m

  Send us Fan Mail Max A. Moritz, Ph.D. Wildfire Specialist at U.C. Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources and Adjunct Professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science joins us to discuss how, many factors are responsible for the way wildfires move through various environments. Plant community, weather, building construction, topography, fuel reduction and many other factors contribute to the spread of wildfire and all need to be considered for effective control and co...
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  Keeping it together, The great benefits of the lncident Command System 01.11.2024 1h

  Send us Fan Mail Nic Elmquist is the Wildland Fire Specialist at the Montecito Fire District. Nic is a member of an Incident Management Team and travels extensively around the West as he is assigned to different campaign fires. In this edition of Surviving Disaster one of the things he explains is the Incident Command System and its benefits Contact Ted at ted@paintedcave.com for information about guests or becoming a guest or program critiques. We depend on criticism for one of ...