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Rosie the Riveter

2024-05-01T21:07:21+00:00

Rosie the Riveter By Nancy Aird The iconic face of Rosie promoted the female defense workers during World War II, but the name of the worker was unknown. The first poster image was titled “We Can Do It!”.  J. Howard Miller created the iconic women in a red bandana with her flexed bent arm in a rolled-up shirt sleeve in 1942 as part of the Westinghouse Electric Corp. wartime production campaign. Norman Rockwell created a cover on The Saturday Evening Post on May 29, 1943.   The women had a blue jumpsuit, red bandana in her hair, and was eating a [...]

Rosie the Riveter2024-05-01T21:07:21+00:00

Women in Leadership Symposium 2024

2024-04-30T18:28:48+00:00

2024 Women in Leadership Symposium May 14-15, 2024 Pierce College Puyallup 1601 39th Ave SE, Puyallup, WA 98374 This event is in-person only May 14, 2024 – Networking Event (5pm – 9pm) Location: Pierce College Puyallup – (Arts & Allied Health Building, Lobby) May 15, 2024 – Main Event (8am – 4pm) Location: Pierce College Puyallup – College Center Building (Multipurpose Rooms A/B) Price: FREE This year’s symposium will center around the importance of fostering robust and dynamic relationships and partnerships with women in Resilience Management and associated fields such as security, safety, emergency/risk management, and [...]

Women in Leadership Symposium 20242024-04-30T18:28:48+00:00

Not Nearly Enough

2024-04-19T16:33:48+00:00

Even predictable natural disasters frequently catch elected officials by surprise. A discouraging number of elected  officials and senior staff act as if  foreseeing and managing potential disaster impacts is a job for “another budget cycle.” So what are they doing in the meantime? Not nearly enough”.

Not Nearly Enough2024-04-19T16:33:48+00:00

After the Wildfire – Recovery and Reclamation of Land Tips

2024-04-05T17:48:51+00:00

After the Wildfire – Recovery and Reclamation of Land Tips By Nancy Aird As the population builds out into rural areas, the chances of wildfire impacting your life increases with damage possible away from the direct wildfire. The severity of the fire impacts not only the vegetation we see, but the soil structure and microbial community beneath. Slopes damaged by wildfire are prone to accelerated soil erosion, floods, and landslides (debris flow) from damaged vegetation and roots that protected the soil. Evaluation of burn conditions on the land after a fire often uses 3 definitions to describe how the soil [...]

After the Wildfire – Recovery and Reclamation of Land Tips2024-04-05T17:48:51+00:00

Are You Wildfire Ready?

2024-04-05T03:09:53+00:00

ARE YOU WILDFIRE READY? Mitigate, Prepare and Prevent By Nancy Aird The wildland urban interface (WUI) is the area where homes are built near or among lands prone to wildland fire. Homeowners value their privacy, natural beauty, recreational opportunities and affordable living created by buying in neighborhoods built in these areas. As a result, rural fire districts more often have to fight fire and protect homes and property within these wildland urban interface areas. Mitigation accepts we cannot prevent everything from happening.  Wildfires and other disasters cannot be eliminated. They will always impact on people, property and resources.   The spark that sets [...]

Are You Wildfire Ready?2024-04-05T03:09:53+00:00

Women in Leadership Symposium 2024

2024-05-09T18:27:15+00:00

This year's symposium will center around the importance of fostering robust and dynamic relationships and partnerships with women in Resilience Management and associated fields

Women in Leadership Symposium 20242024-05-09T18:27:15+00:00
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