Post-wildfire Hazards and Mitigation Measures

Includes a Live Web Event on 2025/03/05 at 1:00 PM (MST)

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Post-wildfire Hazards and Mitigation Measures

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Date: 5 March (USA) | 6 March (AUS)
Time: 1PM Mountain Time USA | 7AM AEDT

Moderated by: Tom Schneider - IECA Board of Directors, VP of Governance
Presented by: 
Dr. T. Andrew Earles, PhD, PE, PH, D.WRE; Marta Alvarez, PE, RCE & PLS; Blanca Hoffmeier

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 hour
Type of Course: Webinar - Live

Wildfires in Southern California at the end of 2024, shortly before the onset of the rainy season set the stage for significant runoff and erosion as atmospheric rivers track across the region over the remainder of the rainy season. In mid-February, a storm with rainfall intensities on the order of an inch per hour triggered debris flows in recently burned areas that affected downstream urban areas. This webinar will discuss post-fire hydrologic hazards including debris flow, flooding, erosion, and water quality. The presenters will also discuss mitigation measures that can be implemented to reduce risk and the importance of warnings and evacuation orders.

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View the Full Watershed Emergency Response Team (WERT) 2025 Palisades Fire Report.

Learning Objective: 

1️⃣ Understand hydrologic effects of wildfires due to changes in vegetation and soils.
2️⃣ Learn about resources to identify post-fire hazards and values at risk.
3️⃣ Gain knowledge of a variety of post-fire mitigation measures that can be implemented to reduce risk following a fire.

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Dr. T. Andrew Earles, PhD, PE, PH, D.WRE

Vice President

Wright Water Engineers, Inc.

Dr. Andrew Earles is the Vice President of Water Resources with Wright Water Engineers, Inc. (WWE) in Denver, Colorado. Andrew has worked for WWE for 22 years since receiving his doctorate on projects related to stormwater management, hydrology, hydraulics, water quality, flooding, and related topics. While most of Andrew’s projects are in the western U.S., he has performed work around the work related to stormwater management and flooding at World Heritage Sites in Peru, Cambodia, Thailand, China, and Iraq. Andrew has conducted risk assessments of post-fire hydrologic hazards across the western U.S. including the Cerro Grande fire that threatened facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Fourmile Canyon fire in Boulder, and more than a half-dozen major fires in California. Andrew is a Professional Hydrologist and a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control. Andrew earned his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford University and hold master’s and doctoral degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Marta Alvarez, PE, RCE & PLS

President

YCE Incorporated

Marta’s professional engineering background includes all aspects of project administration - from bid document and cost estimate preparation to field and office operations. She is well versed in comprehensive construction management for both the public and private sectors including bidding, scheduling, value engineering, change orders, close-outs and as-builts. Marta’s long-standing civil engineering career means she has the knowledge and expertise to lead her clients through the planning and design of their specific project; whether that's engineered reports for a large scale public works improvement project, designing water drainage solutions for hillside erosions on a growing farm or simply land surveying to identify easements and parcel property lines.

Marta strongly believes in giving back to her community and to the field of engineering. She’s especially interested in helping girls to see the many possibilities within the career of civil engineering and land surveying for women. She is a long-standing volunteer judge for the Ventura County Annual Science Fair and has given her time to many young career days through out her own 30+ year career.

Tom Schneider

This event is worth one (1) Professional Development Hours.

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