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WILDFIRE DOESN’T DESCRIMINATE… IT JUST BURNS Movie and community discussion about wildfire risks to our homes and neighborhoods.
September 21, 2025; 1:00pm-3:30pm
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church | 2201 Vermont St, Portland, OR 97219
Admission is free; donations gratefully accepted.
Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire is an award-winning documentary about community firestorm events. Filmed in various western states, including Oregon, the film includes footage from November 2018 when Paradise, California ignited from wind-borne embers
and burned completely within a few hours. Additional footage addresses more recent firestorms, visits “model forest” landscapes and fire labs where researchers torch entire houses to learn why some homes burn and others survive. With voices of climate experts, Indigenous people and fire survivors, the film asks us to reimagine our approach to wildfire risk as we prepare for an increasingly hotter future.
Following the film, Executive Producer Ralph Bloemers will lead a panel discussion with Portland Fire & Rescue and Firewise-Community representatives to discuss how we can respond to firestorm risk within our neighborhoods. The panel will address risk mitigation to physical structures, as well as gardens and landscapes, and how to build a community level fire-readiness. Q&A will be key to discussing how we anticipate our defense when a wildfire occurs, before the fire department arrives.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
2201 SW Vermont St, Portland, OR 97219-1935, United States
