News & Events
What’s happening across the valley.
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Fire weather in the valley: how you’ll be warned, and when to go
October through December is when the valley burns. Here is how warnings reach you, how to look up your evacuation zone before you need it, and why leaving on a warning beats…
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Zone 0 rules draw fire
Recent article in the Moorpark Acorn refuting the science behind final “Zone 0” defensible-space regulations by two LA County individuals. Insurance concerns are not mentioned until the last sentence. “If we do…
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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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The ten things your insurer has to give you credit for
California’s Safer from Wildfires rule names ten specific mitigation steps that insurers writing policies in the state must recognize with a discount. Nine are on your property. One is being in a…
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Pending renewals for 6 SRV Firewise communities
All six NFPA-recognized SRV Firewise communities are due for their annual renewal — reporting the work residents completed this year to stay in good standing.
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Zone 0 is approved: what it means for Santa Rosa Valley homes
California’s Board of Forestry approved the first statewide Zone 0 rule on August 19, 2026. What has to go from the five feet around your house, what can stay, when the clock…
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3rd Annual Santa Rosa Valley Fall Festival
Come learn about wildfire education and meet vendors in Hill Canyon Park on Oct. 3. SRV Firewise will be there along with VCFD and the Fire Safe Council.