Library
Checklists, partner publications and insurance resources. Vetted for our landscape — oak savanna, chaparral, mixed rural residential.
This page is reference material. If you want the seven things to do to your property, in order, that’s a different page — and it’s the one most people want.
Documents
Five worth having. Everything else we’d point you to lives on the pages of the organizations that maintain it.
One page covering the 0–5 ft zone against your walls. The most useful single sheet on this list, and the one tied to the new regulation.
Property-wide self-assessment with Base and Plus tiers. Good if you want to grade your own house before an assessor does.
Ventura County Fire’s evacuation planning booklet. Older publication, but the evacuation guidance holds up and it’s local.
Home-hardening measures ranked by cost. Read this before you spend money on anything.
The countywide plan, signed 2023. Long, technical, and the document most grant funding traces back to. For the curious and for HOA boards.
Insurance
Non-renewals and premium jumps are the reason most people in this valley start paying attention. These are the three places worth knowing about.
Safer from Wildfires
California Department of Insurance framework setting out what mitigation carriers are required to recognize — and what discounts you can ask for by name.
CDI · Safer from WildfiresUnited Policyholders
Non-profit consumer advocacy. Practical help with non-renewals, appeals, understanding your policy, and the FAIR Plan.
UP Resource CenterVentura County specifics
United Policyholders’ Ventura County page — local carrier behavior, local programs, and what neighbors here are running into.
UP Ventura CountyMany carriers ask for proof of recognition, and it lives on your community’s page. If your community isn’t recognized yet, that’s a fixable problem.
Trusted sources
Four organizations whose material we rely on. If something here contradicts something on our site, believe them.
Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council
Our closest partner. Runs the free home wildfire assessments and the local contractor directory.
venturafiresafe.orgCAL FIRE · Ready for Wildfire
State-level guidance on defensible space, home hardening and evacuation. The source for Zone 0 rules.
readyforwildfire.orgNFPA · Firewise USA®
The program our eight communities are recognized under. Requirements, renewal, and the research behind it.
nfpa.orgIBHS · Wildfire Prepared Home
Insurance-industry research arm. The most rigorous testing on what actually keeps houses standing.
wildfireprepared.org