- Home Hardening Against Wildfire, OFSC Guide #9
- Checklist for Home Wildfire Hardening, OFSC Guide #15
- Defensible Space and Landscaping for Fire Safety, OFSC Guide #13
- Is Your Home Hardened to Survive a Wildfire Storm?, CA Fire Safe Council
- Ready For Wildfire Online Home Self-Assessment CAL FIRE brings you this home self-assessment survey as the gateway to meet your defensible space obligations, and make your home safer from a wildfire.
- Creating Defensible Space to Help Survive a Wildfire Ember Storm, CA Fire Safe Council
- Safer from Wildfires, California Department of Insurance
- Video: Vegetation Management Tips for Annual Inspections in the Oakland Hills, California, Oakland Fire Dept.
- Video: The Importance of Defensible Space, IBHS Ember Test Demonstration
- CNPS Fire Recovery Guide, CA Native Plant Society
- Hazardous Fuel Management Community Tools USDA Wildfire Risk To Communities
- Wildfire Home Retrofit Guide Ready for Wildfire
- Fences Are Fuses Wildfire Partners
• Evacuation Guidelines, OFSC
• Notifications and Warnings, OFSC Guide #02
• Emergency Evacuations, OFSC Guide #06
• Evacuation and Go-Bag Checklists, OFSC Guide #07
• Genasys Protect (Zonehaven), OFSC Guide #23
- See all GUIDES from Oakland Firesafe Council which include topics such as insurance, neighborhood organization, Firewise USA®, emergency communications, and more
- Oakland Firesafe Council’s town hall series covers topics related to disaster readiness, focusing on practical knowledge to help you to make good judgments and to take actionable steps towards emergency preparedness. Watch the TOWN HALL RECORDINGS
- Watch Duty alerts you of nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts in real-time.
- Genasys Protect (formerly Zonehaven Aware) follow a zone or turn on your location to get notified about danger wherever you are
- MyShake is the country’s first publicly available, statewide warning system that could give California residents crucial seconds to take cover before you feel shaking.
- Temblor Check your risk. Find insurance, retrofit, and data solutions for your earthquake, flood, wildfire, liquefaction, landslide, and tsunami risks.
- CAL FIRE Ready for Wildfire web-based app to create a personalized wildfire readiness plan and learn active incident information.
- FEMA Mobile App allows you to receive real-time weather alerts, locate emergency shelters in your area, prepare for common hazards, and more – such as a digital backpack for a backup of important physical documents
- Citizen
• City of Oakland Wildfire District Inspections
• Oakland Wildfire Guide by Oaklandside
• Gateway Emergency Preparedness Exhibit Center Oakland
• CAL FIRE
• CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zones Maps
• Cal OES (available in Spanish)
• Cal OES Hazard Mitigation Summit (Dec. 5-6, 2024) Presentation Slides
• California Dept of Aging Emergency Preparedness Guide for older adults (in multiple languages)
• California Dept of Public Health Emergency Preparedness Office Wildfires
• California Fire Safe Council
• East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) Fire Danger Levels and Restrictions
• EBRPD ALCO/CCCO Fuel Model Map
• IBHS Risk Research Wildfire Testing
• Listos California (resources in multiple languages and for special considerations)
• Wildfire Risk to Communities, USDA Forest Service
• 2023 Handbook of State Fire Marshal Listed Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Products
