Awhile ago when I was talking about wildland fire mitigation and how fires move through urban areas, I was struck by a visual of mitigation but make it Chutes & Ladders. It seemed like a potentially good educational aid, so I decided to make it into a poster!
I think the general movement dynamic of Chutes & Ladders does a good job of capturing the basics of how fire can move through urban areas and spread erratically, jumping and moving from one area to another while leaving some areas untouched.
I actually fell in love with this enough that I think I'm going to turn it into a full game at some point as well, with a full 100 square board. That version will have two sets of rules, one the basic Chutes & Ladders rules and then another that has points involved based on which houses you hit. Not sure when I'll get to it, but it's on my To Do list!
This version is totally playable, though! You can get the print file of this version, and a version that has a clear board, for free on my Payhip Store! The poster is 18x24" and the playable version comes with a second sheet with pieces you can cut out and play with.
Alt text for the text on the poster:
Top text: Don't play games with mitigation.
Game Rules:
Everyone select a flame piece, then each spin the spinner once. Whoever gets the highest number goes first.
All players start outside of square 1 in the bottom left corner, then move their flame the number of spaces they get on the spinner.
Winds: if your piece stops on a square at the BOTTOM of a wind gust you can ride it UP to the square where the wind gust ends, then move forward from there. Remember, wind gusts only lead UP!
Yellow Fences: If your piece stops on a square at the TOP of a yellow fence, you must move DOWN to the bottom of the fence, then move forward from there. Remember, yellow fences only lead DOWN.
You can only move along a yellow fence or wind gust if you land on a square where they start or end. If you land in the middle of one, you must keep moving forward normally.
The first player to reach square 49 wins!
Mitigation info banner: When wildfires impact neighborhoods, their movements become erratic and hard to fight. The best way to protect your home is to mitigate the danger before a fire ever arrives. For information on how, visit https://wildfirepartners.org/resources/wildfire-mitigation-basics/. Even a little mitigation can be the difference between losing your home and saving it.
Credit text: Poster created by Katy L. Wood in 2026. | www.Katy-L-Wood.com
The state of graphics creation in the wildland fire world is, shall we say, abysmal. Which isn't really anyone's fault! Graphics/design training is not a part of wildland fire training at all, and it used to be that outsourcing graphics was a viable if expensive option. But as the pace of the wildland fire world continues to increase exponentially, outsourcing just isn't possible for most graphics. This means a lot of people with zero training are forced to make graphics in house and they're just doing things as best they can.
This has resulted in some...ah...not great stuff. Which is not on the people creating them at all, usually! They're being asked to do things not in their job description that they have no background or training in.
But there needs to be training. If people can learn to run a damn chainsaw, they can figure out font hierarchies and basic color theory.
So, in my never-ending quest to shove better art skills into the wildland fire world, I created this 25 page guide last year! It covers why good graphics matter, the history of art in the wildland fire world, basic design terms, and basic design principles.
Now, I know, I KNOW, some other professional designers/artists are going to look at this and go "Katy, what the fuck? Some of this is not right." I know. But I wasn't going for the Most Technically Perfect and Correct way to do things, I was going for easy to understand and grasp at a basic level when you're just starting out and not aiming to become a full on design pro. Because let me tell you, the bar is in hell. If I have ONE MORE PERSON tell me that PowerPoint is the best and only accessible design program (yes, fucking PowerPoint) I am going to lose my mind. So yes, maybe I didn't explain the full breadth of DPI and print qualities and color spaces. But if it stops at least one brochure being made in PowerPoint then I'm calling it a win.
You can view and download the full guide on my website if you're interested.
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