by Jody Dickson In October, I was able to participate in a “Train the Trainer” workshop hosted by the Pike Peak Wildfire Prevention Partners. While the theme was how to teach about wildfire mitigation, we mostly talked about effective ways to teach about community risk reduction. I was hoping to get some insight about what motivates people to prioritize and do mitigation work on their property. Of course, there are no easy answers. Just like with financial investing, we each have a different level of risk we are willing to tolerate in our lives. Also, we all have an optimism bias where we overestimate that good things will happen and…
