Library
SCFSC Emergency Resources Page link
Survival Checklist pdf
Go Kits for People with Access or Functional Needs pdf
Carr Fire After Action Review pdf
The Carr Fire After Action Review focuses on lessons learned and best practices from one of California’s most devastating wildfires in 2018. The fire burned 229,651 acres and led to extreme fire behavior, including a rare fire tornado in Redding. It destroyed over 1,600 structures and tragically caused seven fatalities.
WUI Fire Evacuation and Sheltering Considerations pdf
“WUI Fire Evacuation and Sheltering Considerations” provides insights for small and mid-sized Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) communities to prepare for wildfire emergencies. Drawing from lessons of the Camp Fire, it offers methodologies for creating effective evacuation plans and considers key factors like sheltering, communication systems, and resource allocation.
A Case Study of the Camp Fire pdf
“A Case Study of the Camp Fire” examines the devastating 2018 wildfire in Paradise, California, which became the state’s most destructive wildfire. The study highlights key factors contributing to the fire’s catastrophic impact, including severe drought conditions, abundant dry vegetation, and strong winds that fueled the fire’s rapid spread. Embers carried by the wind ignited numerous spot fires, overwhelming emergency responders.
Preparing for Disaster for People with Disabilities and other Special Needs pdf
Teams for People With Access and Functional Needs pdf
Emergency Response for People Who Have Access and Functional Needs pdf link
“Emergency Response for People who have Access and Functional Needs” focuses on improving emergency preparedness and response strategies for individuals with disabilities or other functional needs during disasters
Home Defense from the Shasta County Fire Safe Council link
California’s Safer From Wildfires standards link
Safer from Wildfires is a California Department of Insurance program that promotes a ground-up approach to wildfire resilience with three layers of protection — for the structure, the immediate surroundings, and the community.
The Wildfire Prepared Home standards link
Wildfire Prepared Home is a program of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety that offers paid certificates for hardened homes.
CalFire’s Wildfire Action Plan link
The California Wildfire Action Plan by CAL FIRE emphasizes the importance of being prepared for wildfires through a three-step framework: Ready, Set, Go.
CalFire’s Hardening Your Home page link
CalFire’s retrofitting guide to enhance home defense against wildfires.
Preparing Your Home For Wildfire pdf
A pamphlet created by University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources outlining home hardening tactics.
Life With Fire Podcast: “Homes as Fuel” with Zeke Lunder, Yana Valochovic and Eric Knapp link
A podcast episode that explores how homes are arranged and built, and how these factors can impact their susceptibility to ignition during wildfires.
Wildfire Embers
SCFSC Home Defense Page link
CalFire’s Defensible Space Page link
CalFire’s page explaining defensible space zones and vegetation.
Fire-resistant plants for home landscapes link
Oregon State University’s page on choosing proper plants and spacing them properly to promote fire safety.
Landscape Planting Guide: Choosing the Right Plants for High Fire Hazard Areas pdf link
Lassen Fire Safe Council’s plant directory of plants that are good choices for high fire hazard areas and possess the desirable characteristics of high moisture, low growing, and lacking flammable chemicals.
A Land Manager’s Guide for Creating Fire-Resistant Forests link
Oregon State University’s overview of how various treatments affect fuel and fire behavior, and how to create fire-resistant forests.
Homeowner Engagement Guide pdf
Engage Your Neighbors pdf
Overcoming Common Barriers to Action pdf
Life With Fire Podcast: Community-Informed Wildfire Communications, With Isabeau Ottolini link
Nine Tips for Talking about Fire and FAC link
Know Your Audience and Choose Your Fire and FAC Words Wisely pdf link
Effective Communication about Wildfire Management: Observations from 20 years of fire social science research
Wildland Fire Glossary pdf
Understanding “Risk” link
Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission pdf
Life With Fire Podcast link
Fire Ecology Chats Podcast link
California Fire Science Consortium Youtube Channel link
US Forest Service “Forestcast” podcast link
Fighting Wildfires
“Spreading Like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires“ is a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) strategy to address escalating wildfire challenges. It emphasizes climate change, land-use shifts, and their role in increasing wildfire frequency and intensity. The framework helps guide decisions on managing ecosystems by focusing on resistance (preventing undesired changes), acceptance (adapting to inevitable shifts), and directing changes to meet long-term goals.
The report predicts a global rise in extreme wildfires and calls for adopting the “Fire Ready Formula,” which integrates elements to better prepare and respond to wildfires worldwide
WRAP: Wildfire Risk Working Group Consumer Help link
Ten Tips for Finding Residential Insurance link
Home Insurance Shopping Help Webinar link
United Policy Holders Youtube channel link
Wildfire insurance in high fire risk areas link
California Office of Insurance News
NFPA Wildfire Community Preparedness Day Toolkit pdf
Projects that reduce wildfire risk and increase preparedness can be accomplished by people of all ages with a variety of time commitments. You might be asking, “What can I do in a single day to help stay safer from wildfire?”
Firewise Band Together Toolkit pdf
Today’s wildfires are occurring with increasing frequency and magnitude, especially in high- risk areas. While these fires continue to happen, taking preventative measures can be a small way to help protect your home, neighborhood, and the safety of your family.
Facilitator Toolkit pdf
The facilitator tool kit is a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to tools, methods and techniques for assisting groups with planning and improvement projects and interactive meetings.
Fostering co-creation and participative community engagement with vulnerable communities at risk. pdf
his toolkit provides recommendations that are specifically geared towards moving away from top-down, expert-driven, communication practices, towards a Wildfire Communication that is more inclusive, participatory, and locally embedded.
Risk Communication and Socially Vulnerable Populations
Guidance for Practitioners with materials and principles for risk communication developed in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.