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

May 4-10, 2025, is Wildfire Preparedness Week. Is your home wildfire ready?

As January’s wildfires reminded us, it is critical to take steps 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.

1. Harden your home with fire-resistant material and equipment.

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

Check out these tip sheets (PDF) with low- and no-cost ways to protect your home from wildfire.

2. Prevent wildfire spread by creating defensible space and using landscaping techniques to protect your home from wildfires.

Learn more by watching a recording of West Basin's firescaping workshop and visiting westbasin.org/firescaping.

3. Be prepared to evacuate.

Know Your Zone. Search your address to find your emergency zone at PVPready.gov. During an emergency, such as a wildfire or flood, the website will be updated in real time with your zone's current status.

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 when to go. Sign up for Alert SouthBay emergency notifications by texting “alertsb” to 888-777, or visiting alertsouthbay.com.
Learn how to make an evacuation kit and plan by downloading 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

4. Find more information on wildfire readiness.