Emergency Notifications:
AlertShasta Emergency Notification
https://alertshasta.genasys.com/portal/
Know Your Evacuation Zone
https://protect.genasys.com/
AlertFM Radio for Emergency Notifications
https://www.alertfm.com/
Watch Duty Fire Tracking
App: https://www.watchduty.org/
Desktop: https://app.watchduty.org/
Preparation:
CalFire Checklist: https://plan.readyforwildfire.org/en
CalFire Get Set: https://www.fire.ca.gov/prepare/get-set
RedCross Wildfire Checklist: https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/wildfire.html
Reflective Address Signs: Shingletown Volunteer Fire Department https://www.svfd20.org/reflective-address-sign.html
Defensible Space:
Defensible space is a buffer you create around your home by clearing flammable plants and materials, helping slow wildfires and protect firefighters working nearby.
CalFire Defensible Space : www.fire.ca.gov/dspace/
How To Create Defensible Space : https://readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire/defensible-space/
Living With Wildfire Defensible Space Guide : https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=5522
Shasta County Fire Safe Council Free On-Site Chipping Program
Home Hardening:
Home hardening refers to making your home more resistant to wildfires by using fire-resistant materials and techniques to reduce vulnerabilities to heat, embers, and flames.
Ignition Resistant Homes
Ignition-resistant homes depend on actions taken in three zones around the home. Many of these actions are affordable and can be taken by individual homeowners.
California’s Safer From Wildfires standards
Safer from Wildfires is a California Department of Insurance program that promotes a ground-up approach to wildfire resilience with three layers of protection — for the structure, the immediate surroundings, and the community.
The Wildfire Prepared Home standards
Wildfire Prepared Home is a program of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety that offers paid certificates for hardened homes.
CalFire’s Wildfire Action Plan
The California Wildfire Action Plan by CAL FIRE emphasizes the importance of being prepared for wildfires through a three-step framework: Ready, Set, Go.
CalFire’s Hardening Your Home page
CalFire’s retrofitting guide to enhance home defense against wildfires.
WUI Compliant Building Materials Search
Products previewed and verified by OSFM staff to comply with Chapter 7A of the California Building Code.