The Home Ignition Zone: A guide to preparing your home for wildfire and creating defensible space

Guide / Pamphlet / Handout
Colorado State Forest Service
This guide focuses on reducing wildfire hazards on an individual property. It is created for residents in Colorado, but could apply to other geographical areas or be used as an example for other state agencies looking to create similar guides. Read More

Farming Through Wildfire Season

Website / Interactive Map
The Farmer Campus
Farmer Campus, in collaboration with community partners, created the Farming through Wildfire Season Program. You’ll find a self-led online course with a learning network of fellow farmers, a downloadable Fire Resilience Workbook, farmer-centered research, and a collection of producer stories to help you garner actionable solutions, deepen your understanding, and take away hands-on tools to... Read More

Preparing for Power Outages

Guide / Pamphlet / Handout
CAL FIRE
This page details some basic steps for responding to power outages during an emergency. It also covers important things to keep in mind if evacuating during a power outage, and provides links to other resources. Read More

Rangeland Fire Protection Associations: An Alternative Model for Wildfire Response

Research
Authors: Emily Jane Davis, Jesse Abrams, Katherine Wollstein, Alethea Steingisser, James E. Meacham
This study analyzed the establishment, functioning, successes and challenges of the Rangeland Fire Protection Association (RFPA) model through four case studies. Case studies focus on individual RFPAs in Oregon and Idaho and their respective state programs during 2015–16. Read More

Emergency Preparedness for the Unhoused

Guide / Pamphlet / Handout
Los Angeles County’s Office of Emergency Management
The Los Angeles County’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) partnered with first responders and community organizations to ensure that countywide preparedness and emergency planning efforts include people experiencing homelessness. This website includes a wildfire-specific pamphlet that includes prevention and preparedness messaging (in English and in Spanish). Read More

One Less Spark – Prevention Campaign Toolkit

Website / Interactive Map
CAL FIRE
This website provides a guide to the “One Less Spark” Campaign Toolkit, including campaign information, educational materials, public service announcements, graphics, and more. Read More

Investment in Prevention: Identifying A Growing Need for Reduction of Human Caused Wildfire Ignitions

Blog Post / Story
Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network
In this blog post, Gabe Kohler of The Forest Stewards Guild shares human-caused wildfire ignition research findings and reiterates the need for a focused investment in prevention education programs. Read More

Engagement in local and collaborative wildfire risk mitigation planning across the western U.S.—Evaluating participation and diversity in Community Wildfire Protection Plans

Research
Citation: Palsa E, Bauer M, Evers C, Hamilton M, Nielsen-Pincus M (2022) Engagement in local and collaborative wildfire risk mitigation planning across the western U.S.—Evaluating participation and diversity in Community Wildfire Protection Plans. PLoS ONE 17(2): e0263757. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263757
This article describes the scale and scope of participation in CWPPs across the western United States, provides a detailed account of participants in over 1,000 CWPPs and examines how levels of participation and stakeholder diversity vary as a function of factors related to planning process, planning context and the broader geographic context in which plans... Read More