Tools for Action

The following resources may help you to improve your property's fire safe level and help firefighters defend your home during a fire. They offer explanations and procedures to achieve defensible space and implement firewise landscaping techniques.

Tools for the Homeowner

• CDF Defensible Space Guide (PDF*, 1.2 MB)
• CDF Homeowner's Checklist (PDF*, 231 KB))
• Homeowners Equipment Safety Manual
• Using Equipment Safely (PDF*, 66 KB)
• California Fire Safe Council Educational Publications
• Wildland Fires — Are You Ready? (FEMA)
• Fire Safe Plants
• FireFree — details on Bend's fire-safety campaign, plus fire-safety tips and links to other Web resources
• CDF Homeowners Responsibility

For more information on fire safety, call your fire department. Many fire departments in wildland fire areas will perform free fire-safety inspections for homeowners.

Public Services

• Placer County Chipper Program
• Placer Country Emergency Information
• YubaNet — Regional Fire News
• California Fire Safe Council
• Fire Safe Links
• Fire Wise Communities
• FireWise — National Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Protection Program
• National Interagency Fire Center
• California Fire Safe Council

Placer County Fire Resources

• Placer County Fire Safe Alliance
• Placer County CDF Unit Fire Plan (PDF*, 5 MB)
• Placer County — Local Hazard Mitigation Plan

Forest Health

• California Department of Forestry
• Forest Health Programs
  • NRCS, Technical Resources, Forestry
  • CDF, Forestry Assistance
• Placer County Resource Conservation District
• USFS — Tahoe National Forest
• USFS — Schedule of Proposed Actions for the Tahoe National Forest

Related resources

• CDF — Defensible Space
• CDF — Homeowner's Responsibility
• Glossary of Wildland Fire Terminology
• California Fire Alliance Fire Planning Tools
• California Fire & Resource Assessment Program (FRAP)
• Building (construction) and Fire Research Information Services
• Fire Modeling Software (public domain)

Acronyms