News & Stories
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Feature Story
Mixing Mottos, Mitigating Wildfires, and Building Disaster Preparedness in Hawaiʻi
May 30, 2024
When Team Rubicon Greyshirts spend two weeks at a Scout camp in Maui, they get stuff done—and find one of their own.
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Preparedness
Top Fire Mitigation Strategies to Help Protect Any Home
May 14, 2024
From applying fire retardant to removing fuels, these strategies can help any homeowner protect their property from wildfire.
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Preparedness
Wildfire Mitigation Strategies Return to Their Roots
May 13, 2024
From the ancient art of controlled burning to thinning forests and ad campaigns, fire suppression tactics are doing an about face—and coming of age.
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Reflection
Fighting Fires Past and Future with My Mom
May 11, 2024
A Greyshirt reflects on getting the extraordinary opportunity to give back to the county that raised her, with the person who raised her.
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Preparedness
Wildfire Awareness Leads to Improved Mitigation Strategies
May 3, 2024
Team Rubicon develops new techniques for assisting communities with wildfire awareness and risk reduction.
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Greyshirt Always
Team Rubicon’s Newest Greyshirts Ram Through Wildfire Mitigation
April 1, 2024
The GOATs of wildfire mitigation protect communities by chewing through fire ignition zones and butting heads with ladder fuels. PLUS: Watch the GOATs in action
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Operations
Colorado Wildfire Mitigation Delivers Big Impact
February 21, 2024
On a wildfire mitigation op in 2023, Greyshirts pulled down big trees and big savings for a local community.
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Feature Story
Service Projects Bring Bluer Skies to Local Communities
January 10, 2024
Team Rubicon Greyshirts served on more than 660 local service projects in 2023. These were some of their favorites.
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Greyshirt Always
Mission Planning: Identifying Wildfire Mitigation Projects Worth Launching
December 15, 2023
Looking to stand up a mitigation op or service project in your area? Here’s how MPTs can identify potential mitigation operations that will provide the greatest good for the most people and affect the most area with our resources, for the longest time.
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Feature Story
Volunteers Deliver Fire Mitigation Services to High Hazard Communities in Colorado
August 8, 2022
Greyshirts spend six weeks assessing and reducing fire risks for homeowners and neighborhoods in an area hit hard by the East Troublesome Fire.
