Wildfire is coming. Are you ready?

Create Defensible Space and Harden Your Home

  1. Get ready

    Being ready for wildfire starts with maintaining an adequate defensible space and by hardening your home by using fire resistant building materials.

    Learn how

  2. Get set

    Create a plan with your family to evacuate your home should wildfire strike. Put together an emergency supply kit. Learn how to talk with young children about fire safety.

    CREATE YOUR PLAN

  3. Be ready to go

    Give your household the best chance of surviving a wildfire by being ready to go and evacuating early. Being ready to go also means knowing when to evacuate and what to do if you become trapped.

    PREPARE FOR EVACUATION

Prepare for Wildfire. Harden your Home.

Taking the necessary measures to prepare your home can help increase its likelihood of survival when wildfire strikes.
Learn More at ReadyForWildfire.org

CREATE ON YOUR PHONE Ready for Wildfire Checklist

Build your personalized Wildfire Preparedness Plan. Get text messages on active CAL FIRE incidents. Available in English and en Español.

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CREATE DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND HARDEN YOUR HOME Defensible Space Inspection

Getting ready for wildfire begins with two very important efforts: Home Hardening and Defensible Space. Hardening your home is retrofitting it with fire resistant materials. Defensible Space is creating and maintaining a buffer between buildings and vegetation to slow fire spread. While not a guarantee that your home will survive a wildfire, these efforts give it the best chance.

MORE ABOUT HOME HARDENING

When you sell your property that is located in a high or very high fire hazard severity zone, you'll need documentation of a compliant Defensible Space Inspection. Schedule a defensible space inspection today!

MORE ABOUT DEFENSIBLE SPACE

CAL FIRE Burn Permit Application

Apply for a burn permit through the CAL FIRE Burn Permit Application.

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CAL FIRE Fire Safety Education — Find information that will help you make your home and your family more fire safe all year round.

CA Storm and Flood Information — Find information that will help you prepare for the possibility of flood and stay current on flood bulletins.

Pandemic Flu Information — Find out about the possibility of a flu pandemic and what you can do to protect your family.

OES, Emergency Preparedness Page — The Governor's Office of Emergency Services provides a checklist to help you go it alone for three days.

Terrorism - Preparing for the Unexpected — (American Red Cross)The American Red Cross outlines steps to take in case of a terrorist attack. Meeting place, what could happen, evacuation, medical procedures, assembling a disaster supply kit. (also available in Spanish)

FEMA: Disaster Services - Emergency Preparedness Checklist — Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides an emergency checklist, home hazard plan, escape plan, and instructions for assembling a fire safety kit.

ReadyForWildfire.org - Prepare Your Family Disaster Plan — Steps to take to prepare your Family Disaster Plan.

Ready America US Department of Homeland Security — This site will help you get a kit, make a plan and be informed.