News and Notes
Oakland’s SEVENTH Firewise USA® Recognized Site is Portal Neighbors Firewise Group
April 28, 2025
Carol Haberberger, resident lead, had this to share: The Portal Neighbors Firewise Group is focused on fire safety AND community building in Crocker Highlands. Our 50 homes surround the old Key System Tramway Trail. Half overlap the Trail itself. It’s […]
Oakland’s SIXTH Firewise USA® Recognized Site is Redwood Ridge Neighborhood Organization (RRNO)
February 3, 2025
Kimlin McDaniel Keith, RRNO FireWise Team Leader, had this to share about the experience:Â Redwood Ridge Neighborhood Organization (RRNO) is a Montclair Organized Neighborhood of about 82 homes defined by three streets: Wilton, Burton, and Shirley, and the contiguous houses […]
Oakland’s FIFTH Firewise USA® Recognized Site is Estates Fountains
June 24, 2024
Leslie Louie, Estates Fountains FireWise Lead, had this to share about the experience:Â The Estates Fountains neighbors have been organized as a community against crime and for emergency preparedness since 2006 to strengthen our neighborhood resilience and get to know […]
Oakland’s FOURTH Firewise USA® Recognized Site is Kaiser School Neighborhood Fire Break (in Hiller Highlands)
February 9, 2024
Frank Kelly, the resident lead, had this to share about the experience: Our neighborhood was badly damaged in the 1991 Oakland Firestorm and is still home to several survivors. One of those survivors, Sue Piper, began creating a Firewise community for […]
Oakland’s THIRD Firewise USA® Recognized Site Is Skyline Blvd.
October 14, 2023
Oakland’s 3rd Firewise USA® recognized site is Skyline Blvd! The (NFPA) Firewise USA® recognition program was designed to help residents learn about wildfire risks and provide a self-directed, collaborative framework for neighbors to work together to reduce these risks by […]