At the Crossroads of Architecture and Wildfire Operations
One in four Californians live in a high-fire risk area. The environment that many of these homes were built within, is different than it once was. Our climate and our forests, are changing, and our communities must change and adapt with them. We must build resiliency to wildfires and disasters within our communities.
As an architect and CAL FIRE leader for more than 31 years, it is David’s mission to innovate solutions to our wildfire challenges. Throughout his experience, David has gained knowledge of fire science, operational processes and capacities, policy regulations, and steps for mitigation and prevention. He have devoted has life to identifying short and long-term strategies to reduce risk of structure ignitions.
Contact David Shew
➤ LOCATION
Napa California
952 School Street #239
Napa, California 94559-2824
☎ CONTACT
dShew@wildfiredefenseworks.com
(707) 337-8046
Areas of Practice
Wildfire Consulting
Wildfire DefenseWorks currently provides communities with wildfire plans. Helping communities one by one to achieve resiliency.
Planning and Risk Analysis
As CAL FIRE Chief of Staff for the Division of Planning and Risk Analysis, David has a wide, working knowledge of the tools and strategies currently implemented by agencies.
Architecture
A trained architect. David’s interdisciplinary skill set in the combination of wildfire and structural design has never been more pertinent.
Wildfire Operations
David began his wildfire career as most do - with one foot in the black. He has risen through the ranks of California’s world-renowned firefighting corp.
““Every year we set a new record, we invest more in suppression, less in mitigation and wonder why we’re not getting on top of it””