I'm a documentary filmmaker, and in 2018 I lost my home in the Camp Fire on the Paradise Ridge in California.

In the months and years following I've been collecting stories and feedback from fellow survivors and first responders to capture the lessons we learned that can help those confronting disasters of their own. I've done this through articles (shown below) speeches (also shown below) and an Emmy Award nominated series called A HIGH AND AWFUL PRICE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE CAMP FIRE.

This clip is a portion of that larger series, outlining the size of how the Camp Fire's size compares to areas around the world.

Here are a few of the places you can read my columns:
https://www.hstoday.us/author/csmith/
https://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/...

Here's a recent webinars I gave discussing the Camp Fire experience:
   • A HIGH AND AWFUL PRICE: Lessons Learn...  

Since the Camp Fire, I’ve also been working on a larger, deeper documentary series on what it means for people to live through a catastrophe that transforms their world. It’s called THREE DAYS IN PARADISE, and info on that and upcoming events can be found at these links:

https://christopherallansmith.com/
https://threedaysinparadise.tv/
  / threedaysinp.  .
  / 3daysinparadise