The City of Spokane
The City of Spokane has been an instrumental partner in our work to build structural change to protect community members from extreme heat and wildfire smoke. This work includes:
- Clean air infrastructure for city community centers
- Creation and implementation of city-level heat and smoke readiness plans with the Office of Emergency Management
- Development of the Spokane Community Resilience Hub Network
- Policy reform
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe
Thanks to funding from the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative, the Climate Resilience Project and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe were able to launch an official partnership in spring of 2024 to begin understanding how Tribal members are impacted by extreme heat and wildfire smoke. In the coming years, the two groups will provide air filtration devices to vulnerable Tribal members and develop educational materials specific to the needs of the Tribe.
Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency
Made possible by an EPA Wildfire Smoke in Community Buildings grant, the Climate Resilience Project is partnering with Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency from 2024-2026 to research, design, and deliver a wildfire smoke community outreach and education campaign.
Spokane Regional Health District
SRHD has worked with us to develop extreme heat educational materials in multiple languages (English, Spanish, Russian, Marshallese, Ukrainian), which are available on their website. Currently, they are also supporting our wildfire smoke community outreach and education campaign with SRCAA.
WA Department of Health
The WA DOH contributed to the creation of the report In the Hot Seat: Saving Lives from Extreme Heat in Washington State, which used data from our urban heat island mapping initiative to develop strategies for reducing heat death in Washington. The Climate Institute is also a member of DOH's Climate and Health Adaptation Initiative and received a grant from them in 2024 that supports our community-based work in the East Central Spokane neighborhood.