🏡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#

Your home is part of your wildfire plan. California State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant has spent his career helping communities prepare for wildfire. At his own home in Auburn, that preparation is personal. Chief Berlant was recently featured on Fire Safe People TV, where he shares how his experience with the 2009 49 Fire shaped the way he prepares his own home today, alongside his father and young son. From clearing weeds and moving rock, to protecting vents from embers, Daniel is taking practical steps to strengthen the first five feet around his home. His message is simple: You don’t have to do everything at once. Start with one project, then keep going. ➡️ Watch the full video at: ➡️ Learn more about wildfire preparedness at #WildfirePreparedness# #ReadyForWildfire# #CALFIRE#

Your preparation matters. Wildfires can grow quickly, threaten communities and force evacuations with little notice. But there are steps you can take now to be ready: ➡️ Get your go-bag ready with essentials. ➡️ Know your evacuation routes and identify more than one way out. ➡️ Stay informed about active wildfires and emergency alerts. ➡️ Leave early when evacuation orders are issued. Being prepared before an emergency starts will help us protect you, your family, and your community. Learn more and prepare now at #SetGo# #WildfirePreparedness# #CALFIRE# #Wildfires#

🚩 RED FLAG WARNING 🚩 A Red Flag Warning is in effect Thursday from 5 AM to 9 PM for portions of the Sierra Nevada, including areas of El Dorado, Amador, Northern Alpine, Calaveras, Tuolumne, and Southern Alpine counties above 5,000 feet, including the Highway 50 corridor. A Fire Weather Watch is also in effect from late tonight through Thursday evening for the Sierra Nevada of El Dorado and Amador counties, including Highway 50. Stay alert and avoid activities all that could create a spark. If a wildfire starts near you, be ready to evacuate when directed. #RedFlagWarning# #CALFIRE# #WildfirePreparedness# #FireWeatherWatch# #CAwx#

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#

🚁 Expanded air power for Southern California. ✈️ We’ve expanded our aviation resources in San Diego County with the addition of a C-130H airtanker and an S-70i CAL FIRE HAWK helicopter, giving firefighters more tools to respond quickly when wildfires start. The C-130H can deliver thousands of gallons of fire retardant to help slow a wildfire’s spread, while the CAL FIRE HAWK can make rapid water drops, transport firefighters into remote or rugged terrain, and assist with rescue missions. These aircraft are stationed at CAL FIRE’s Ramona Air Attack Base, strategically positioned to support wildfire response throughout San Diego County and across Southern California. Together, they strengthen California’s ability to keep new fires small and protect lives, property, and natural resources. Investments like these are part of our continued effort to ensure we’re ready to respond to California’s year-round wildfire risk. #CALFIRE# #Ramona# #SanDiegoCounty# #FireAviation# #WildfirePreparedness# @CALFIRESANDIEGO

Wildfire safety starts long before there’s smoke in the air. 🔥 This guide gives you simple steps to prepare your home, your family, and yourself before wildfire strikes. 🏡 READY: Prepare your home for wildfire, sign up for emergency alerts, and pack a go bag. 🎒 SET: Move flammable items away from the house, notify someone of your evacuation plan, and park your vehicle facing the road. 🚗 GO: Evacuate to a safe location. Let emergency contacts know where you’re going. Leave early when evacuation warnings or orders are issued. Waiting puts you, your family, and first responders at risk. Preparedness isn’t one big action. It’s a series of small steps that make a major difference when wildfire threatens. #ReadySetGo# #WildfirePreparedness# #CALFIRE# #ReadyForWildfire#

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

In support of Preparedness Month, Cal OES hosted local media in Sacramento to showcase people, resources, and programs helping Californians prepare for emergencies. Cal OES leaders shared preparedness tips and insights about Ready California, wildfire preparedness, emergency planning and response, the Mobile Command Unit and more. Be prepared, California! 📱 Sign up for alerts 📝 Make a plan 🚗 Know your evacuation routes