https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/05/26/northern-california-winemakers-embrace-fire-fighting-in-early-wildfire-season/

This month, Alan Viader, director of operations and winemaking at Viader Vineyards & Winery in Napa Valley, took a significant step in his career. He didn’t obtain a PhD or earn the coveted title Master of Wine. In a haunting sign of the times, Viader graduated from CalFire’s rigorous six-month fire academy, equipped and certified for a 2021 fire season that has already started.

Now, he says, he knows what to look for and how to protect his Howell Mountain property, which was damaged in the 2017 Atlas Peak fire.