🏡Five things YOU can do to make your home more fire-resistant. Wildfire can threaten a home through flames, radiant heat, and embers. Creating defensible space, maintaining vegetation, and making fire-resistant choices around your property can help reduce your home’s vulnerability. Take a look at your property this weekend. What can you improve? #Homeowners# #WildfirePreparedness# #DefensibleSpace#

New, first-in-the-nation home landscaping requirements approved. The California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection has approved new defensible space regulations to help reduce the risk of wildfire spreading to homes. Under the new rules, homes in wildfire-prone areas will be required to maintain a nonflammable five-foot buffer around structures. The regulations will be phased in over a five-year period for existing homeowners in wildfire-prone areas, with an emphasis on education over enforcement. Creating defensible space is an important part of preparing homes and communities for wildfire. Read the @latimes Story at: Learn more about the new requirements from the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection: #DefensibleSpace# #ZoneZero# #HomeHardening# #WildfirePrepared# @CAforestry

Need wildfire safety information? Ask CAL FIRE. CAL FIRE’s chatbot is available at to help connect Californians with wildfire preparedness, prevention, incident information, and natural resource program resources. Use Ask CAL FIRE to find answers about defensible space, home hardening, fire safety, active incidents, and other wildfire resources. The tool is available in 70 languages, making it easier for more Californians to access important safety information when they need it. For emergencies, always call 911. For evacuation orders and local emergency instructions, follow your county sheriff, local emergency management office, and official public safety agencies. Visit and select Ask CAL FIRE to get started. #CALFIRE# #WildfirePreparedness# #FireSafety# #DefensibleSpace#

Cleaning up underbrush. Installing mesh. Learning which plants are highly flammable and which aren't. Easy, right? Not even close. But over time, Hugh Council shows us that defensible space and curb appeal aren't mutually exclusive. Progress can be made, and your yard can still look good doing it. Work in progress doesn't mean unfinished. It means moving forward, one task at a time. 📹 Full video: #CAWildfires# #DefensibleSpace# #WildfirePreparedness# #ReadyForWildfire#

Wildfires are changing. So is the way California prepares for and responds to them.   As hotter, drier conditions continue to drive larger and more complex wildfires, California is investing in the technology, people, and partnerships needed to meet the challenge.   Today, CAL FIRE joined @CAgovernor Gavin Newsom, @Cal_OES Director Caroline Thomas Jacobs, and @CalNatResources Secretary Wade Crowfoot to highlight continued investments in advanced technology, wildfire response, including expanded staffing, faster initial attack capabilities, @ALERTCalifornia cameras, and the recently launched FireSat satellites that will help improve wildfire detection.   Protecting California is a shared effort. Local, state, tribal, and federal partners work together every day to strengthen emergency response, improve coordination, and keep communities safe.   As California faces heightened wildfire activity, preparedness remains one of our strongest tools. Create defensible space, have an evacuation plan, and stay informed so you're ready before an emergency happens. Learn more at:   #ReadyForWildfire# #CALFIRE# #Partnerships# #WildfirePreparedness# @EarthFireAll