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#   Greening Fire Team - Sustainability and Fire

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  Greening Fire in Central Washington

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New Efforts are in Place to Reduce Plastic Waste at Fire Camps

 

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  Hose2Habitat

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The repurpose of expired or broken fire hose transformed into enriching wildlife habitat in zoos and animal sanctuaries.

 

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  Antelope Fire Recycling (2021)

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On the Klamath National Forest, in northern California, a recycling program was implemented in fire camp to green fire. 

 

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#### Vision: Achieving net zero environmental impact on all large fire incidents by 2030.

#### Mission: Integration of sustainability best management practices on incidents and within the fire community.

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#### Announcements and Webinars 

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The Greening Fire Team will host its **third annual Green Procurement Tech Expo** held on April 2-4, 2024. Please fill-out the 2024 Greening Fire Virtual Tech Expo Registration form**,**or email the **Greening Fire Team****.****RSVP by March 29** to receive the links to attend. 

 

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#### 'Red Book' References

Incident Management and Environmental Sustainability - Chapter 11, Page 267, Line 11 - 19 

Every incident should seek opportunities to reduce unnecessary waste and limit impacts associated with management actions. This can be accomplished, for example, by implementing “greening fire” sustainability best management practices (e.g., energy and water conservation, alternative energy, sustainable acquisition, and waste prevention and recycling) as long as such efforts do not compromise operational or safety objectives. To the degree possible, prioritize the procurement of sustainable products and services whenever lifecycle cost-effective.

 

**The White House: **

Executive Order on Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability, December 08, 2021 

 

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#### How to Support the Greening Fire Team

Are you interested in becoming a**Greening Fire Team Ambassador**or you would like to participate****in another capacity? To find out more information, review the Working Groups information on Ambassador Program page. 

 

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#### **In Case You Missed It**

**Available:** the Greening Fire Incident Recycling Dashboard, is a resource for the latest GFT accomplishments across the nation (This site requires ESRI/Arc GIS account to open).

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#### **The Greening Fire Team**

                      - **About Us**
                      - **Ambassador Program**
                      - **How to Green Fire** - Learn how the Greening Fire Team greens fire
                      - **Meet the Team**
                      - **Why We Green Fire**

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#### **Reducing Waste**

                      - **Incident Recycling**
                      - **Net Zero Waste Program (content coming soon)**

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#### **Net Zero Energy and Emissions**

Power and light in fire camps often come from diesel generators. Green alternatives provide reliable mobile power with reducing fuel, emissions, and noise.
                      - **Solar Light Towers and Mobile Solar Power**

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Photo: A Solar Powered Light Tower and Power Station from the Black Fire in New Mexico 2022.

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#### **Water Conservation**

Opportunities exist to reduce the water footprint tied to fire camp operations, while also reducing single-use plastic bottle waste.
                      - **Mobile Water Treatment Systems******pilot program** **

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#### **Green Vendors and Partners**

If you are interested in providing green products or services in support of wildland fire operations, please provide your information in our******GFT Green Procurement market research survey****.**
                      - The GFT will host its second annual Green Procurement Tech Expo in early March 2023. If you are interested in participating, please email the GFT.
                      - The GFT email address is listed at the bottom of this page.

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#### **Sustainable Leadership and Policy**

                      - "Greening Fire" is specifically mentioned in the Incident Management and Response section (Chapter 11, Page 269, Lines 23 - 31): In the******2022 Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (Red Book)****, **
                      - **Executive Order 14057******directs all federal agencies to achieve sustainable operations

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**Library**

The GFT Library contains team bulletins, webinar recordings, marketing and promotional materials, news articles, and myth busters/fast facts.

**Success Stories**

Learn about past lessons learned and success stories, as well as promising partnership opportunities.

**Why We Green Fire**

Learn how the "Red Book", the national Multi-Agency Coordinating Group and fire and aviation leaders call on incident and fire personnel to promote greening fire efforts.

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#### **Contact Us**

**Do you have questions, ideas, or simply want more information?**

**If so, contact the GFT at:****Greening Fire Team**

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