Protecting our valley, one community at a time.
Six of the valley’s eight neighborhoods are NFPA Firewise USA® recognized — something California now requires insurers to count toward a wildfire-mitigation discount. Find your community, download its certificate, and start on the five feet that matter most.
Three things you can do this weekend
The first three steps of a seven-step plan, in order of how much risk each one removes per hour spent. All three are free.
1 · Clear the first five feet
Mulch, firewood, furniture and shrubs out of the five feet against your walls. The biggest single reduction available, and it costs nothing.
How to do it2 · Clear roof and gutters
A gutter packed with dry oak leaves is a fuse laid along your roofline. Clear the gutters, sweep the roof, check the spark arrester.
How to do it3 · Screen your vents
Vents are how embers get inside. Eighth-inch metal mesh on every one of them is the best value in wildfire safety, and it’s permanent.
How to do itAlready done some of this?
Every hour you spend counts toward your community’s recognition.
It takes two minutes to log — and one hour per home per year is what keeps your community’s certificate valid. Contractor bills and bags of brush count too.
California law now requires insurers to give discounts for wildfire mitigation — and being in a Firewise-recognized community is explicitly on the list. Here’s what the rules actually say, and where to get real help.
Which community am I in?
Every neighborhood in the valley runs its own Firewise USA® site. Type your street to find yours, its certificate, and its team lead.
Eight communities, six of them NFPA-recognized. See the map and full list →
What’s happening across the valley
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Zone 0 rules draw fire
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Most of the valley’s Firewise work never gets counted. Here’s how to fix that in two minutes.
NFPA’s renewal rule is simple: one hour of wildfire-risk work per home per year, community-wide. The work gets done. The problem is that almost nobody records it.
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