Wildfires Courses and Certifications

Stanford Medcast Episode 10: COVID-19 Mini-series - Impact of Wildfires

Examines how wildfire smoke affects the heart and lungs and its correlation with COVID-19 during California’s wildfire season.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

4 ratings at OpenLearn

Explore how environmental and social factors become entangled in wildfires, using the 2007 Greek fires to assess future preparedness.

• OpenLearn
• 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Remote Sensing of Wildfires

Learn how satellite imagery and the science of remote sensing allows us to detect wildfires, help manage their spread, and guide ecological restoration.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Nick Zentner

When the Fire Hits the Fan - Post-Wildfire Debris Flow Science in Washington

Discover how wildfires trigger dangerous debris flows in Washington state through geological research and hazard assessment techniques.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 9 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NDC Conferences

Controlling Wildfires While Only Getting Singed

Techniques for stabilizing and improving legacy systems, including testing, monitoring, re-architecting, and documenting. Prioritization strategies and non-technical metrics for gaining buy-in.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Wildfires, Firefighters and Sustainability - Learnings from Mitigating Kubernetes Fires

Explore challenges and strategies for sustainable open-source project maintenance, focusing on Kubernetes releases and effective firefighting techniques for critical issues.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Containing Wildfires in a Sprawling Multi-Cluster Network - The Network's Immune System

Discover how to build an automated threat containment system using Cilium, Tetragon, and Hubble to prevent security breaches from spreading across multi-cluster networks.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

MassGeneralHospital

Exploring the Health Consequences of Climate Change

Explore the complex health challenges posed by climate change, including impacts on nutrition, food sources, and natural disasters.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

MassGeneralHospital

Health Consequences of Wildfire Exposure in a Climate-Changing World

Explore the health impacts of increasing wildfires, including short and long-term consequences for individuals and communities, with insights on addressing these complex outcomes in our changing climate.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Pediatric Grand Rounds (RECORDING) Wildfires and Climate Change: Their Effects on Children and Pregnancy

Explore how wildfire smoke and climate change affect children and pregnancy, including acute and long-term health risks.

• Independent
• No Longer Offered
• Free Online Course