2025 June Networking Breakfast

Wildfire Resilience Expert Harrison Raine Will Present at the June Cypress Chamber of Commerce Networking Breakfast

A topic timely to recent events, the Cypress Chamber of Commerce will host wildfire resilience expert Harrison Raine as our guest speaker at the June Networking Breakfast. Our event will be held Tuesday, June 10th at the Residence Inn by Marriott at 4931 Katella Avenue, Cypress/Los Alamitos, starting at 7:30 a.m. Harrison will explore some of the rapid changes occurring in California's physical and political landscapes around wildfire risk, specifically about impacts to local governments, businesses, and residents. Following the fallout of the January Los Angeles area firestorm, the effects of catastrophic wildfire have never been clearer. More than 1 in 4 Californians live in fire risk zones known as the wildland-urban interface. These areas are the fastest developing land type in the state and are essential to navigating the state's housing challenges.
 
Harrison Raine began working on wildfire resilience in 2016 as a wildland firefighter with the US Forest Service. After spending seven years on Interagency Hotshot crews, he received a fellowship to study international approaches to wildfires around the world, including in Canada, Spain, Portugal, South Africa, and Australia. A recent graduate from UC Berkeley's City Planning School, Harrison currently works for NASA's FireSense Project, developing technology and science to better understand wildfires. He resides here in Southern California.