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*
• 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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• How to have a Firewise Home
• 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

• Introduction to the HCFSC Photo Library

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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• Incident Information System – InciWeb
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• 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: Indigenous Peoples Burning Network
• The Nature Conservancy: Fire and Landscapes
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