When it comes to wildfire, no single person alone can protect a community. Residents throughout California are joining forces to create local Fire Safe Councils to effectively reduce and prevent wildfire losses.
Fire Safe Councils are grassroots, community-led organizations that mobilize residents to protect their homes, communities, and environments from catastrophic wildfire. A local Fire Safe Council is often sparked by a catalyst – perhaps a recent fire or a group of neighbors eager to spread a fire-safe message – then embraced by the community, which turns that initial interest into a committed group that finds ways to empower the residents to do their part to make the community safer.
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 projects, Community Wildfire Protection Planning, and homeowner training.
By mobilizing the community members who stand to lose the most, Fire Safe Councils create a powerful group initiative that can:
- Minimize risks to life, homes, and natural and human-made resources.
- Increase the insurability of property by increasing community safety.
- Forge strong partnerships with first responders.
- Acquire resources that can assist in fire prevention efforts.
Find Your Local Fire Safe Council
Local Fire Safe Councils across California are active in minimizing the potential for wildfire damage to their communities and maximizing the health of California’s natural resources.
To view a static, statewide map of all three regions, click here.
Thanks for your patience as we update this list and map. If you would like to be added to our list and map of Local Fire Safe Councils, please email info@cafiresafecouncil.org.
Don’t see your location or have a correction? Let us know!
WOULD YOUR COMMUNITY LIKE TO ESTABLISH A FIRE SAFE COUNCIL?
The California Fire Safe Council was built to help create new Fire Safe Councils in California communities. We are working with current funding from State Farm Insurance Company, with other funders coming on board in early summer, to develop a new program to create many new local Fire Safe Councils.
The program’s aim is to establish new Fire Safe Councils; to help build the Council’s capacity to become a self-sufficient organization, able to plan and manage community wildfire preparedness projects, and able to acquire grant funding to accomplish their objectives.
We are especially interested in supporting vulnerable communities that normally do not have access to community organizing resources, or those communities within very high wildfire hazard severity zones, as defined by CAL FIRE. Social vulnerability factors include social isolation, poverty, language barriers, and other access and functional needs challenges.
For more information, please contact outreach@cafiresafecouncil.org
