With more than 48,000 fires and 8.6 million acres burned, the 2020 wildfire season has been one of the most active and destructive in history.

Successfully preparing your business for wildfire season means more than just evacuating once a fire reaches your doorstep. In fact, there are steps you should be taking now to prepare your people and assets for fire season.

Mark Jackson, Meteorologist in Charge at the National Weather Service (Los Angeles/Oxnard) recently joined us to explain what businesses can do to better prepare and keep employees safe during a wildfire. On this week’s episode, Mark and Peter discuss…

- The 3 stages of wildfire preparedness
- What we can learn from the 2020 wildfire season
- How wildfires are tracked and contained

For more information, email Mark at mark.jackson@noaa.gov.  

The Employee Safety Podcast is hosted by Peter Steinfeld, VP of Sales at AlertMedia.
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