We Need Volunteers The Agoura Hills Fire Safe Council (AHFSC) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that depends upon volunteers to accomplish its mission. To accomplish the objective of creating Agoura Hills Firewise Communities, communities are required to annually record volunteer activities focused on fire prevention and protection. We need your help. There are many skill […]
Ready! Set! Go! Agoura Hills is one of the most beautiful places to live, but living in a “wildland-urban interface” (WUI) area does come with risks. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) and partnering agencies stand ready to respond, but preparation and prevention play a big part in keeping you and your loved ones
The following article was contributed by Mike Thayer, CWMS, Property Risk Specialist for Allied Disaster Defense & Restoration, which gives us a unique perspective of how we got into the current home insurance crisis. Changes are here and more are coming, and it will affect you! Introduction Many homeowners in California have been impacted by the current
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One of the primary functions of the AHFSC website is to provide a clearinghouse of information for Agoura Hills residents to educate themselves regarding prevention and protection from wildfire. We provide this information in four ways: We share with you many of the partner agencies and organizations that we work with, and in many cases
Firewise was developed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and is a cooperative effort among local, state, federal and private agencies and organizations to promote fire safety in the wildland/urban interface. Firefighters do not have the resources to defend every home during a wildfire. Firewise communities are those that have taken appropriate measures to
In October 2023, the Agoura Hills Fire Safe Council was officially recognized by the California Fire Safe Council (CFSC). CFSC plays an important role in improving wildfire resiliency in California and more specifically in Agoura Hills. The council, a non-profit corporation, was first formed as a project of the state’s Department of Forestry and Fire
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