Wildfire Information & Resources

Our resource library provides essential wildfire information, strategies, and resources to help you prevent wildfires and prepare your family to stay safe.

Preparedness & Mitigation

What Causes Wildfires: Top Causes, Trends, and How to Prevent Them

Understand what causes wildfires, how they spread, and what you can do to reduce risk and prepare safely
Preparedness & Mitigation

How Do Forest Fires Start: Top Causes (Human vs. Natural)

Understand how wildfires begin, how they spread, and what you can do to reduce risk at home and in your community.
Preparedness & Mitigation

Flying Embers: How They Ignite Homes and How to Stop It

Flying embers are one of the leading causes of home ignition during wildfires. Learn how embers travel and the practical steps homeowners can take to reduce risk.
Preparedness & Mitigation

Fireworks Safety: Homeowner Checklist to Prevent Fires & Injuries

Fireworks safety starts before you light a fuse. Use this homeowner checklist to prevent fires, avoid injuries, and reduce wildfire risk on high-danger days.
Preparedness & Mitigation

Fire Protection: How to Protect Valuables, Records & People

A complete guide to fire protection for people, valuables, records, and irreplaceables. Learn how to protect documents, heirlooms, data, and assets from wildfire heat, smoke, and ember exposure.
Preparedness & Mitigation

Fireproof Document Safe: What It Really Protects

Fireproof document safe essentials for homes and small offices—ratings, limits, placement tips, and how to protect critical papers during fire emergencies.
Preparedness & Mitigation

Fireproof Gun Safe: Limits and Realistic Protection

A fireproof gun safe is designed primarily for theft deterrence and controlled fire exposure — not sustained structural wildfire conditions. This guide explains what fire ratings actually mean, how to evaluate capacity & where secure storage fits within a comprehensive wildfire protection strategy.
Preparedness & Mitigation

Why Fireproof Safes Fail in Wildfires

Fireproof safes are marketed as protection, but real wildfires expose their limits. This guide explains why safes fail in wildfire conditions, how ratings are misunderstood, and how to plan more effectively for protecting people and critical assets.
Preparedness & Mitigation

Emergency Preparedness Kit: All-in-One Guide

Emergency preparedness kit essentials explained for wildfire readiness—what to pack, how to store it, and how it supports safe evacuation planning.
Preparedness & Mitigation

How To Prepare For A Wildfire: Step-by-Step Guide

A practical walkthrough of wildfire preparation—what to do early, how to get evacuation-ready, and how to protect people and property before fire conditions escalate.
Preparedness & Mitigation

Fire Evacuation Checklist: What to Take, Where to Go, and When to Leave

A clear, evacuation-first checklist that helps homeowners know when to leave, what to take, and how to evacuate safely before wildfire conditions escalate.
Preparedness & Mitigation

Go Bag: What to Pack When Evacuating for a Fire

A wildfire go bag helps you evacuate quickly when conditions change. This guide covers what to pack when evacuating for a fire, how to organize an emergency go bag, and where to store it. Go bags support early evacuation—but never replace following official evacuation orders.
Preparedness & Mitigation

CalFire Defensible Space and Home Hardening Self Assessment

Online self assessment tool you can use to maintain defensible space and harden your home
Preparedness & Mitigation

CalFire Defensible Space and Home Hardening Video

Video about Wildfires vs. Conflagrations
Preparedness & Mitigation

California CalFire’s resource center

Information on how to prepare, prevent, and minimize the damage of wildfires.

Explore Advanced Wildfire Protection

Learn how the FORT™ provides a last line of refuge when wildfire conditions become unpredictable.

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