It's Wildfire Preparedness Week! Have you hardened your home against wildfire?

May 5-11 is Wildfire Preparedness Week!

As we head into fire season, be sure to do your part now to prevent and prepare for wildfire. Take time to educate yourself on the following tips and best practices to safeguard your home and prepare your family.

Check out these tip sheets (PDF) with low- and no-cost ways to protect your home from wildfire.
Learn how to use landscaping techniques to protect your home from wildfires and meet brush clearance requirements by watching a recording of West Basin's firescaping workshop and going to westbasin.org/firescaping.

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Check out Cal Fire's visual guide to home hardening and watch the video below to learn about how to make your home wildfire ready.

Download the L.A. County Fire Department’s “Ready! Set! Go!” Personal Wildfire Action Plan (PDF)

Smoke fills a neighborhood beneath a burning wildfire. A headline says Spread the Word... Not the Risk! Subheads say Make sure you and your neighbors are ready for wildfire. Download Ready! Set! Go! fire.lacounty.gov/RSG

Purchase or make an emergency kit (check the “Ready! Set! Go!” Personal Wildfire Action Plan for what to include in it).
Make an evacuation plan and practice it with your family.

PVPready.gov is shown on the screen of a smartphone. A headline says How to Use Your Zone. Become familiar with your evacuation zone at PVPready.gov. Subheads say Find Your Zone, View Zone Info, Locate Routes, Find Your Way, and Learn Exits.

Know Your Zone. Get to know the Peninsula's evacuation readiness platform at PVPready.gov. Find your zone, write it down, and keep it somewhere that’s easy to find in an emergency. During an emergency, such as a wildfire or flood, the website will show which zones are under evacuation the moment an order is issued by authorities.
Sign up for Alert SouthBay emergency notifications by texting “alertsb” to 888-777, visiting alertsouthbay.com, or downloading the Everbridge app.
Reach out to the RPV Emergency Preparedness Committee about how to create a plan and be prepared for a wildfire.
Find more resources at rpvca.gov/emergency and readyforwildfire.org

Be prepared, RPV!