Wildfire Resources
Be Wildfire Ready
Having an emergency evacuation plan could save your life and the lives of those around you. It is extremely important to have the resources you may need during a natural disaster ready to go ahead of time. View the links below for more information.
Current Fire Resources. Access their websites by clicking on the link:
UC Coop Exten UC Cooperation Extension presents the best of the best: Maps, cameras, and alerts in one place.
Cal Fire - Map and incident Info.
Wildfire Alerts. Access their websites by clicking on the link:
Watch Duty
Home Fire Safety Tips Click here to learn safety tips from the Sonoma County Fire District.
Click here to read more about the CazHills RadioWorks project. Join CazHills Radioworks on Facebook
Do you have a backup method to communicate during an emergency if you lose service to your cell phone, internet and landline? Learn about General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) radios. These 2-way radios are easy to use and relatively inexpensive. Want more information about GMRS, Ham radio and other radio resources? Check out the Coastal Hills Radio Net website Coastal Hills Radio Net website.
A West County group of volunteers has been working on expanding the network for people to have access to emergency communications. Contact the CazHills GMRS project at GMRS email.
Fire Safe Guerneville hosts the Overlook Repeater and is forming the Guerneville Radio Net. Learn to use your GMRS radio BEFORE you need it in an emergency! Email us at InfoFireSafeGuerneville@gmail.com or call 707-873-4323 to join the net.
Want to learn more about operating GMRS? Go to this field operations guide created by Bob Dozor and Damian Boune: ACS GMRS FOG link.
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR HOME HARDENING INFORMATION. Click on the link to learn more:
Fire Safe Sonoma Partners with FireSafe Guerneville and provides numerous programs for wildfire readiness.
Sonoma County Wildfire & Seismic Financing Property Assessesed Clean Energy (PACE) is a financing option for permanent energy efficiency, water conservation, renewable generation, wildfire safety, and sesimic strengthening projects. PACE financing is repaid as an assessment on the property's regular tax bill.
Living With Fire Providing recommendations on preparing for wildfire threat to homes and communities
University of CA Ag & Natural Resources Connecting UC research and communities
Insurance Inst. for Business & Home Safety Provides building safety research
CalFire App Comprehensive site for CalFire information
Defensible Space Eco-appropriate homescaping for wildfire resilience
Local Vegetation Management Programs. Click on the link to learn more:
Sonoma County Hazardous Fuels Reduction Programs: Click on the link to learn more about the County services for reducing fuel around your home: Sonoma County Vegetation Management Link
Circuit Rider’s Ecological Restoration Crew is a strong team of youth and young adults working to restore the environment, overcome employment barriers, and develop meaningful, well-paying careers. Comprised of youth ages 16-25, often from underserved backgrounds, our Ecological Restoration Crew members receive employment training, nature-connection opportunities, and social services in paid positions with Circuit Rider. Circuit Rider
Occidental Arts & Ecology Center: The 70-acre Wildlands Preserve serves as OAEC’s living learnscape for stewardship and wildtending methods that integrate traditional ecological knowledge with modern science. Over the past twenty years, staff and volunteers have been steadily working to help the land restore itself to exhibit the healthy, self-willed ecological processes it had before European settlement brought clear cuts and invasive exotic plants just 130 years ago. Occidental Arts & Ecology Center
Wildfire Mitigation Advisors provides consultation on how to improve the survivability of your home, property, or business in the event of a wildfire. Our onsite report analysis, including relevant photographs, provides detailed advice on home hardening and defensible space, based on industry standards.Wildfire Mitigation Advisors
Madronus Wildfire Defense’s mission is to make it easy to reduce your wildfire risk. We offer turnkey service to assess your wildfire risk and provide treatment options for every budget. Get your FREE Wildfire Risk Score on our website Madronus Wildfire Defense
Learn if you qualify for funding to help with home hardening and defensible space projects with Sonoma County. Click here: SoCoAdapts
This website contains links to other third-party websites. Such links are only for the convenience of the reader, user or browsers. FireSafe Guerneville and its members do not recommend or endorse the contents of the third-party sites. FireSafe Guerneville is funded, in part, by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors.