Community organizers and speakers at a "good fire" festival in Paradise promoted prescribed burns as a tool to restore forest health and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. The event credited support from the neighbor to neighbor grant and the California Fire Foundation.

Organizers described intentional fire — also called prescribed burning or "good fire" — as a proactive defense to build resilience in areas vulnerable to high wildfire risk. An unidentified event speaker said the practice is used "to keep forests healthy and lower the risks of wildfires." The speaker added the festival aimed to "raise awareness about prescribed burns and fire suppression."

The program referenced remarks by Dan Esseff, noting he had explained the need to "utiliz[e] and familiariz[e] yourself with fire" given that hot, windy days are inevitable. An unidentified speaker who spoke later in the program said, "I think there's a lot of benefits to the community on understanding how does prescribed work," adding that "Fire, California landscape, has been with us for time immemorial, and we need to have, understanding of how to live with fire."

Another speaker highlighted the harm of uncontrolled blazes, saying that "Fire can have a traumatic effect if it sweeps through in a disaster way, which it has in the campfire and the park fires here in Butte County," and urged learning "a different relationship with fire when possible."

Event materials and onstage remarks named the neighbor to neighbor grant and the California Fire Foundation as funders; specific grant amounts and program timelines were not provided. Organizers framed the festival as public education intended to increase community familiarity with prescribed burning techniques and the rationale for their use as one element of broader wildfire resilience efforts.

No formal policy changes or votes were recorded in the event transcript. Organizers and speakers said the goal was to raise awareness and encourage community engagement and learning about prescribed fire techniques.

The festival's presentations emphasized education and local resilience; organizers did not announce new funding amounts, regulatory changes, or formal actions in the provided remarks.