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.
Active Wildfire Information
- Current Emergencies (Humboldt Office of Emergency Services)
- InciWeb California - Incident Management System (Federal Inter-Agency Resource)
- Current Emergency Incidents (CAL FIRE)
- Wildfire Situational Awareness Dashboard (CalOES)
- Fire Activity Map (UCANR)
- CalTopo Fire Activity (Fire Layers Info Guide)
- Watch Duty App (Non-profit)
Disaster Preparedness Quick Links
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)
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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- 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
- Become a Firewise Community Site
- Join a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- Fire Adapted Communities Neighborhood Ambassador Program
Prescribed Fire
- Humboldt County Prescribed Burn Association
- Humboldt County Prescribed Burn Manual
- 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!
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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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- 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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- 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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