Wildfire Ready

Emergency Notifications:

AlertShasta Emergency Notification
https://alertshasta.genasys.com/portal/

AlertFM Radio Emergency Notifications
https://www.shastacounty.gov/sheriff/webform/alert-fm-request-form

Know Your Evacuation Zone
https://protect.genasys.com/

Evacuation Checklists:

CalFire Checklist: https://plan.readyforwildfire.org/en

CalFire Get Set: https://www.fire.ca.gov/prepare/get-set

RedCross Wildfire Checklist: https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/wildfire.html

Defensible Space:

Defensible space is a buffer you create around your home by clearing flammable plants and materials, helping slow wildfires and protect firefighters working nearby.

CalFire Defensible Space : www.fire.ca.gov/dspace/

How To Create Defensible Space : https://readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire/defensible-space/

Living With Wildfire Defensible Space Guide : https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=5522

Home Hardening:

Home hardening refers to making your home more resistant to wildfires by using fire-resistant materials and techniques to reduce vulnerabilities to heat, embers, and flames.

Ignition Resistant Homes
Ignition-resistant homes depend on actions taken in three zones around the home. Many of these actions are affordable and can be taken by individual homeowners.

California’s Safer From Wildfires standards
Safer from Wildfires is a California Department of Insurance program that promotes a ground-up approach to wildfire resilience with three layers of protection — for the structure, the immediate surroundings, and the community.

The Wildfire Prepared Home standards
Wildfire Prepared Home is a program of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety that offers paid certificates for hardened homes.

CalFire’s Wildfire Action Plan
The California Wildfire Action Plan by CAL FIRE emphasizes the importance of being prepared for wildfires through a three-step framework: Ready, Set, Go.

CalFire’s Hardening Your Home page
CalFire’s retrofitting guide to enhance home defense against wildfires.

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