Fire Safety Resources

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*
• HCFSC Home Risk Assessment
• Preparing Your Home for Wildfire* (Printing Instructions)
• Reducing the Vulnerability of Building to Wildfire: Vegetation and Landscaping Guidance
• Wildfire Preparation (UC Cooperative Extension)

Disaster Preparedness Quick Links

• Humboldt County Zonehaven Evacuation Map for Residents
• Humboldt Alert Emergency Notification Sign-Up

Guides and Checklists

•  Developing Water Supplies pamphlet (Mendocino FSC)
• Evacuation Order Checklist
•  Opens a New Window.  Opens a New Window. Fire Prevention Guide for Seniors
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• How to have a Firewise Home
• Insurance Checklist Opens a New Window. 
• One Less Spark
• Ready for Wildfire (Ready, Set, Go! Evacuation Guide)
• Tools for Homestead Fire Safety and Suppression
• Wildfire Preparation Worksheet and Emergency Evacuation Guide

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Defensible Space

• CAL FIRE Defensible Space / PRC 4291 Requirements, Resources, & Recommendations
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• Defensible Space pamphlet (CFSC 2019)*
• Defensible Space Self-Assessment
• Firewise Factsheets: Immediate (Noncombustible) Zone
• HCFSC Find a Vegetation Management Contractor Tool

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
• Mendocino County FSC Home Hardening Video Series
• Wildfire Home Retrofit Guide

Tools for Partners in Preparedness

• HCFSC Photo Library
• Introduction to the HCFSC Photo Library
• Community Wildfire Mitigation Best Practices Toolbox
• Public Service Announcements (2021): Voices from our community share tips and reminders about preparing for wildfire. Click to listen and "..." to download.

Neighborhood Preparedness

• Starting a Fire Safe Council / Fire Safe Council Handbook
  • Existing Fire Safe Councils
  • How to Prepare a CWPP
• Become a Firewise Community Site
  • Existing Firewise Communities
• Join a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
• Fire Adapted Communities Neighborhood Ambassador Program

Prescribed Fire

• Humboldt County Prescribed Burn Association
• Northern California Prescribed Fire Council
  
• California Prescribed Burn Associations Hub

Wildfire Preparedness for Kids

• Ready Racoon Rap Song (Paradise Ridge Fire Safe Council)
• Fire Scientist Coloring Book!
• Only YOU Can Prevent Wildfires Opens a New Window. 
•  Opens a New Window.  Opens a New Window. Safe Kids Worldwide – Fire Safety
• VIDEO: Learning Fire in the Klamath Mountains

Local Plans

• Humboldt County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)
• Humboldt County Emergency Plans
• CAL FIRE Humboldt-Del Norte Unit Plan 2022

Organizations with Additional Resources

• CAL FIRE – Readyforwildfire.org
• California Fire Safe Council Opens a New Window. 
• California Fire Science Consortium Opens a New Window. 
• California Native Plant Society – Native Plants and Fire Safety Opens a New Window.  Opens a New Window. 
•  Opens a New WindowExtension Wildfire Information Network Opens a New Window.  Opens a New Window. 
• FEMA – Ready.gov/wildfires
• Fire Activity Map
• Fire Adapted Communities Opens a New Window. 
• Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network Opens a New Window. 
• Fire and Aviation Management – Prevention & Education Opens a New Window. 
• Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program
• Humboldt CERT Coalition
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• Incident Information System – InciWeb
•  Opens a New Window.  Opens a New Window. Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety – Wildfire 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. 
• Northern California Prescribed Fire Council Opens a New Window.  Opens a New Window. 
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• Southern Humboldt Fire Safe Council Virtual Handout Table
• The Nature Conservancy: Indigenous Peoples Burning Network
• 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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