{"id":1810,"date":"2026-10-06T21:23:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T21:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oregonresilience.org\/?post_type=session&#038;p=1810"},"modified":"2026-10-07T21:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T21:21:14","slug":"the-flat-akawa-butte-fires-what-went-right","status":"publish","type":"session","link":"https:\/\/oregonresilience.org\/es\/sessions\/the-flat-akawa-butte-fires-what-went-right\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flat + Akawa Butte Fires: What Went Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In August 2024, the Flat Fire burned over 23,000 acres and threatened the small town Sisters. Yet despite more than 820 homes within the fire perimeter, just five were lost. Then, this July, the Akawa Butte Fire once again threatened this frontier community, burning over 27,000 acres. And again, only two structures would burn.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How did the town get so lucky? Certainly, a whole lot of luck; but also a lot of proactive planning, creative partnerships, and strong ties between local organizations and residents, all offering poignant lessons for other communities living at the wildland-urban interface. In this session, Sisters\u2019 mayor and a local nonprofit director explore the policies, planning, and partnerships that helped save their town, and how those lessons are now shaping bold, collaborative approaches to community resilience.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"iawp_total_views":0},"class_list":["post-1810","session","type-session","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oregonresilience.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session\/1810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oregonresilience.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oregonresilience.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/session"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oregonresilience.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}