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 leaving on an order.
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.
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 recognized Firewise community.