# Santa Rosa Valley Firewise > Community wildfire preparedness in the Santa Rosa Valley ## Posts - [Screening your vents: the $60 upgrade that stops embers at the door](https://srvisfirewise.org/screening-your-vents-the-sixty-dollar-upgrade/): Post-fire investigations keep finding the same thing: the house burned from the inside, and the embers came in through a vent. Here is the afternoon that closes that door. - [Fire weather in the valley: how you'll be warned, and when to go](https://srvisfirewise.org/fire-weather-in-the-santa-rosa-valley-alerts-zones-and-when-to-leave/): 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. - [Zone 0 rules draw fire](https://srvisfirewise.org/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. - [Most of the valley's Firewise work never gets counted. Here's how to fix that in two minutes.](https://srvisfirewise.org/what-counts-as-firewise-activity-and-why-logging-it-matters/): 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. - [The ten things your insurer has to give you credit for](https://srvisfirewise.org/safer-from-wildfires-discounts-what-insurers-must-credit/): 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. - [Pending renewals for 6 SRV Firewise communities](https://srvisfirewise.org/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. - [Zone 0 is approved: what it means for Santa Rosa Valley homes](https://srvisfirewise.org/ca-board-of-forestry-and-fire-protection-approves-final-zone-0-regulations/): 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 starts, and where to begin. - [3rd Annual Santa Rosa Valley Fall Festival](https://srvisfirewise.org/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. ## Pages - [Leader Toolkit](https://srvisfirewise.org/leader-toolkit/): The operating manual — the annual cycle, the renewal, what counts, and every reference worth having in one place. - [Wildfire insurance in the valley](https://srvisfirewise.org/wildfire-insurance/): What the law now requires of your insurer, what actually earns a discount, and where to get real help. Neighbor to neighbor. - [Bring Firewise to your neighborhood](https://srvisfirewise.org/start-a-firewise-community/): Eight communities in this valley are already organized, six of them NFPA-recognized. - [Communities](https://srvisfirewise.org/communities/): Eight neighborhood groups across the Santa Rosa Valley, each running its own Firewise USA® site. - [Register With Us](https://srvisfirewise.org/register/): Join the SRV Firewise contact list — and optionally, the At-Risk Resident Registry. - [Request a Home Assessment](https://srvisfirewise.org/request-assessment/): SRV Firewise partners with the Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council to bring free, no-obligation home wildfire assessments to residents of the Santa Rosa Valley. - [Newsletter](https://srvisfirewise.org/newsletter/): One short email per month — never more. - [Volunteer With Us](https://srvisfirewise.org/volunteer/): Roll up your sleeves — we need help across every community. - [Submit Firewise Activity](https://srvisfirewise.org/submit-activity/): Every household that logs activity helps the whole community stay recognized. - [Accessibility Statement](https://srvisfirewise.org/accessibility-statement/): Santa Rosa Valley Firewise is committed to making srvisfirewise.org accessible to all valley residents, regardless of ability, technology, or language preference. - [Donate](https://srvisfirewise.org/donate/): Every dollar goes into community wildfire preparedness — grant matching, materials, education, tools. - [Contact](https://srvisfirewise.org/contact/): Questions, ideas, partnership requests — we get back to you within a few days. - [News](https://srvisfirewise.org/news/): What's happening across the valley. - [Projects](https://srvisfirewise.org/projects/): The work behind the eight Firewise sites — what's underway, who's paying for it, and what it changes for the people who live here. - [Library](https://srvisfirewise.org/resources/): Checklists, partner publications and insurance resources. Vetted for our landscape — oak savanna, chaparral, mixed rural residential. - [Start Here](https://srvisfirewise.org/be-prepared/): Seven things, in order. Start at the top and stop whenever you run out of weekend — you'll still be better off than when you started. - [About](https://srvisfirewise.org/about/): Neighbors helping neighbors prepare for wildfire — since 2022. - [Home](https://srvisfirewise.org/): Six of the valley’s eight neighborhoods are NFPA Firewise USA® recognized — something California now requires insurers to count toward a wildfire-mitigation discount. - [Privacy Policy](https://srvisfirewise.org/privacy-policy/): Santa Rosa Valley Firewise ("SRV Firewise," "we," "our") is a volunteer community coalition. ## Optional - [Agent (MCP protocol)](websites-agents.hostinger.com/srvisfirewise.org/mcp) [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)