Fire Safety Resources
Follow the links to below to learn how you can better prepare yourself and your household for wildfire.
Online Resources
Hard copies available for materials indicated with an asterisk (*); others may be available upon request. Contact staff for more information.
Recommended Reading
- Living with Wildfire in Northwestern CA*
- FLASH Home Risk Assessment
- Preparing Your Home for Wildfire* (Printing Instructions)
- Home Landscaping for Fire
- Wildfire Preparation (UC Cooperative Extension)
Guides and Checklists
- Developing Water Supplies pamphlet (Mendocino FSC) Opens a New Window.
- Evacuation Order Checklist Opens a New Window.
- Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window. Fire Prevention Guide for Seniors
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- Insurance Checklist Opens a New Window.
- Ready for Wildfire (Ready, Set, Go! Evacuation Guide)
- Tools for Homestead Fire Safety and Suppression
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Defensible Space
- Opens a New WindoDefensible Space pamphlet (CFSC 2019) Opens a New Window. *
- Firewise Factsheets: Immediate (Noncombustible) Zone
Home Hardening
- Hardened Homes pamphlet (CFSC 2019)*
- Home Survival in Wildfire-Prone Areas: Building Materials and Design Considerations
- Firewise Factsheets: Roofs, Vents, Eaves, Decks, Fire spread on Ember-Ignited Decks, Exterior Sprinklers, Coatings, Fencing, Skylights
Tools for Partners in Preparedness
Wildfire Preparedness for Kids
- Fire Scientist Coloring Book!
- Only YOU Can Prevent Wildfires Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window.
- Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window. Safe Kids Worldwide – Fire Safety
Organizations with Additional Resources
- California Fire Safe Council Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window.
- California Fire Science Consortium Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window.
- California Native Plant Society – Native Plants and Fire Safety Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window.
- Opens a New WindowExtension Wildfire Information Network Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window.
- Homeland Security – Ready for Wildfires Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window.
- Fire Adapted Communities Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window.
- Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window.
- Fire and Aviation Management – Prevention & Education Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window.
- Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program Opens a New Window.
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- Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window. Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety – Wildfire Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window.
- Joint Fire Science Program Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window.
- National Fire Protection Association – Safety Information Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window.
- Northern California Prescribed Fire Council Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window.
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- The Nature Conservancy: Fire and Landscapes
- Opens a New Window. Opens a New Window. University of California Cooperative Extension Wildfire Resources
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