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What Can I Do?
FIND OR CREATE A LOCAL FIRE SAFE
COUNCIL OR FIREWISE COMMUNITY
Fire Safe Councils are grassroots,
community-led organizations that
mobilize residents to protect their
homes, communities, and environments
from catastrophic wildfire. Fire Safe
Councils throughout California educate
homeowners about community wildfire
preparedness activities while working
with local fire officials to design and
implement projects that increase
the wildfire survivability of their
communities. Many Fire Safe Councils
have successfully implemented such
projects as hazardous-fuel-reduction,
Community Wildfire Protection
Planning, and homeowner training.
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Many communities have a
Fire Safe Council. Click here
to see the one closest to you,
or learn how to start one.
The national Firewise USA® recognition
program provides a collaborative
framework to help neighbors in a
geographic area get organized, find
direction, and take action to increase
the ignition resistance of their homes
and community and to reduce wildfire
risks at the local level. Any community
that meets a set of voluntary criteria
on an annual basis and retains an “In
Good Standing Status” may identify
itself as being a Firewise® Site.
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More
Find out how to be
recognized as a
Firewise community
by clicking here.
