RED FLAG WATCH from 11 pm Sunday through 5 pm Tuesday. Gusty offshore winds & drying conditions. Walk around your house to ensure it still complies with defensible space standards. Pack your go bag. Go to www.oaklandcpandr.org for more tips.
Oakland Firesafe Council

Practical Resources

• Home Hardening Against Wildfire, OCP&R Guide #9

• Checklist for Home Wildfire Hardening, OCP&R Guide #15

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

• Is Your Home Hardened to Survive a Wildfire Storm?, CA Fire Safe Council

• Creating Defensible Space to Help Survive a Wildfire Ember Storm, CA Fire Safe Council

• Evacuation Guidelines, OCP&R

• Notifications and Warnings, OCP&R Guide #02

• Emergency Evacuations, OCP&R Guide #06

• Evacuation and Go-Bag Checklists, OCP&R Guide #07

• 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 Community Preparedness & Response

• City of Oakland Wildfire District Inspections

• Gateway Emergency Preparedness Exhibit Center Oakland

• CAL FIRE

• Cal OES (available in Spanish)

• California Fire Safe Council

• Diablo Firesafe Council

• Firewise USA

• ReadyforWildfire.org

• IBHS Risk Research Wildfire Testing

• Listos California (resources in multiple languages and for special considerations)

Draft Fire Hazard Planning Technical Advisory, State of California, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, November 2020 
The Homeowner’s Guide to Wildfire Prevention Before, During & After Wildfire by Robert Sieben
Historical Overview of Wildfires, Presentation (3/2/19) East Bay Chapter of SAF – Jerry Kent, former Assistant General Manager of EBRP