We began our Firewise journey with an initial organizing meeting on October 3, 2025 at the home of resident…
Castle Court is Oakland’s Sixteenth Firewise Recognized Site
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Estates Fountains Firewise Evacuation Drill
On April 11, the Estates Fountains Firewise Community held a neighborhood evacuation drill to practice quickly gathering essentials and safely exiting the area. Despite rainy weather, 20 neighbors (and a few dogs!) participated, meeting at Zion Lutheran Church to debrief […]
Oakland’s Parkridge Estates Firewise Recognized Site
Submitted by Frank Dauby, Resident Lead: Parkridge Estates is a well-established neighborhood of approximately 250 homes entirely East of Skyline Blvd. We are located south of Skyline High School and our eastern perimeter abuts Chabot Regional Park, thus truly on […]
Oakland’s Sayre/Saroni Firewise Neighborhood
Contributed by Jim Floyd, resident lead. The Sayre/Saroni Firewise Neighborhood consists of 47 homes near the intersection of these two streets. We were spurred to action in the wake of the devastating SoCal fires a year ago. At that time […]
Oakland’s Crownridge Estates Firewise USA® Recognized Site
Helen Bulwik, resident lead, had this to share: Crownridge HOA is a community of 152 homes in the Oakland Hills, adjacent to Merritt College, and bordering Campus, View Crest, and Ridgemont Drives. As an HOA we already have relatively stringent […]