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Agoura Hills Firewise Community Assessments
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…
4th of July Fireworks Dangers
CAUTION: July 4th Fire Risks Fireworks are beautiful to watch but can be deadly when mishandled or misused. Agoura Hills is in a Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) zone prone to…
Getting the Word Out
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…
Home Insurance Shopping
Home insurance shopping? Has your insurer dropped you? In a recent webinar held by Amy Bach, Esq., Co-founder and Executive Director of United Policyholders, Amy addressed the current home insurance…
Fire Service Day 2024
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,…
California’s 800th Firewise Community
(L-R) Chief Daniel Berlant, California State Fire Marshal (CAL FIRE), Mario Contini, President of the KenCrest Ridge Firewise Community, and Deputy Chief Carmel Barnhart, California State Fire Marshal (CAL FIRE).…
Redefining the Urban Wildfire Problem in the West
(Above) The Wildfire Disaster Sequence: severe wildfire potential and extreme conditions will quickly overwhelm wildfire suppression resources. Vulnerable structures will ignite and lead to an urban conflagration and fire disaster.…
RCDSMM Posts New Videos
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…
May is Wildfire Preparedness Month
As climate change contributes to more frequent and intense disasters, including wildfires, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) wants to remind all Californians about the importance of…
Wildfire Action Plans
In recognition of May being Wildfire Preparedness Month, we urge all Agoura Hills Residents to please click on the links below and read these two brochures. Wildfires are a fact…
Website Quick Links
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…
AHFSC Holds First Public Meeting
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…
CA Department of Insurance Webinar
On April 4th, 2024, the CA Department of Insurance held a webinar “Wildfire and Disaster Insurance On-line Town Hall,” hosted by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, and the…
We need volunteers
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,…
March 2024 Update
Creating Firewise Communities One of the most important initial activities of the Agoura Hills Fire Safe Council is to create a Firewise USA Program. The Agoura Hills Fire Safe Council…
We need you
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…
Ready! Set! Go!
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…
CA Insurance Crisis
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…
Welcome to AHFSC
The Agoura Hills Fire Safe Council (AHFSC) is excited to share our inaugural Newsletter with you. Since it is our first, we thought we would take the opportunity to share…
Resources Section
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…