The U.S. has witnessed a steady increase in wildfire activity over the past decade, and experts predict this trend will continue. Despite spending billions of dollars per year to support wildland fire suppression efforts, the number of homes lost in wildfires per year has increased exponentially. Wildfires now cost the US hundreds of billions per […]
The Park Fire in Northern California is now California’s 5th largest wildfire on record. This record is sobering but doesn’t capture the enormous amount of hard work done by the over 5,500 firefighters and first responders on the frontlines, or the overall impact of the fire on people and property. Measuring the size of a
Are you an “At Risk Resident,” disabled or elderly, who may need assistance in the event of a wildfire? The Agoura Hills Fire Safe Council is forming a phone tree that will try to contact registered residents to help provide warning in the event of a wildfire. The Agoura Hills Fire Safe Council is not
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This recent disturbing graph from CAL FIRE, clearly emphasizes that it is not so much the number of fires that have increased over the past year, but the size and severity of the fires that is most concerning. Our homes have become the number one source of fuel for wildfires. COMMUNITY WILDFIRE RISK ASSESSMENTS Thank
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On Saturday, June 8th, Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin held the Be Prepared Safety Fair, at the Calabasas Community Center. The regional event was well represented by many stakeholders and agencies including the LA County Fire Department, LA County Sheriffs, City of Agoura Hills, City of Calabasas, City of Malibu, Resource Conservation District of Santa Monica Mountains
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Your Agoura Hills Fire Safe Council had a booth at Fire Service Day 2024, held at the Canwood Fire Station 89 on May 11. The event was very well attended, and included apparatus and equipment, along with demonstrations, a helicopter flyover and vehicle extrication. A large part of what we do is resident education on
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The Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains Community Resilience team, with a grant from CAL FIRE, created a series of videos to help communities become more wildfire-resilient. The videos cover wildfire preparedness, fire ecology and how-to’s for home-hardening and defensible space! LA County Fire Department Forestry Division, had an open house for the
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We have added a “Quick Links” feature to our website. We are very proud of all the content and resources we have built for you on our website, but lots of content does have its downside. Sometimes you are looking for some information or a link, that you saw somewhere on the website, but you
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Danielle Picciano outlined the FREE home assessment program provided by the RCD. Beth Burnam emphasized the importance of Firewise Communities. Haddee Hammoud explained the steps needed to become a Firewise Community. Concerned residents asked questions. Agoura Hills Fire Safe Council holds its first Public Meeting. In an almost filled-to-capacity Agoura Hills Civic Center Community Room,
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The Agoura Hills Fire Safe Council (AHFSC) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that depends upon volunteers to accomplish our mission. To accomplish the objectives of creating Agoura Hills Firewise Communities, the communities are required to annually complete volunteer activities focused on fire prevention and protection. There are many skill sets that can be useful in our mission to
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