Practical Resources - Oakland Firesafe Council

• Zonehaven, OCP&R Guide #23

See list of all guides from Oakland Community Preparedness and Response (OCP&R) which include topics such as insurance, neighborhood organization, Firewise USA®, emergency communications, and more

• Defensible Space and Landscaping for Fire Safety, OCP&R Guide #13

• Reducing the Vulnerability of Buildings to Wildfire/ Vegetation and Landscaping Guidance, UCANR

• Fire Resistant Demonstration Garden at Gateway, Exhibit at 2299 Tunnel Road, Oakland

• Firescape: Landscaping to Reduce Fire Hazard, EBMUD

• Firescaping: Protecting Your Home with a Fire-Resistant Landscape, Douglas Kent 2nd Ed. 2019

• Firewise Native Plants, City of Oakland

• Plant in Harmony with the Montclair Railroad Trail, Friends of the Montclair Railroad Trail

• “A Brief Overview of Firescaping” PDF of presentation by Marilyn Saarni, UC Master Gardener volunteer from Contra Costa County, and certified by Rescape in “Sustainable Firescaping”

• Oakland Tool Lending Library

• Fire Safe Marin’s Picture Gallery of Fire-Smart Plants

• Firewise Landscaping With Succulents, Debra Lee Baldwin

• Safer Gardens Plant Flammability & Planning for Fire, Lesley Corbett, a “citizen science” guide with over 500 plants assessed, based on fire research from around the world

• Friends of Sausal Creek (FOSC) maintains a Native Plant Demonstration Garden in Dimond Park and has a Native Plant Nursery

• Gardening with Native Plants, Friends of Sausal Creek

• Oakland Community Preparedness & Response

• City of Oakland Wildfire District Inspections

• Oakland Wildfire Guide by Oaklandside

• Gateway Emergency Preparedness Exhibit Center Oakland

• CAL FIRE

• Cal OES (available in Spanish)

• California Fire Safe Council

• Diablo Firesafe Council

• Firewise USA

• ReadyforWildfire.org