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Agoura Hills Wildfire Risk Assessment
City of Agoura Hills’ WRA has begun Recently, the City of Agoura Hills began the process of commissioning a Wildfire Risk Assessment (or WRA), which…
Landscaping can protect from Wildfire
Prepare you home for the fall A well-maintained landscape can do wonders to protect you and your home during a wildfire—and a poorly-maintained landscape can…
Home Insurance Town Hall
Jeff Gorell and Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin – Home Insurance Event On October 15, Ventura County Supervisor Jeff Gorell and Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin convened a town…
2024 Fire Prevention Week
2024 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK – OCTOBER 6 – 12 Smoke Alarms: Make Them Work For You! In June of each year, The National Fire Protection…
Defensible Space
DSpace is not Deep Space – DSpace means defensible space! Embers, not the main firefront, are the leading cause of home ignitions during a wildfire.…
Electric Vehicle Fire Safety Tips
NFPA free safety tip sheet Lithium-ion batteries power a number of items used every day, from cell phones to laptops, along with scooters, golf carts,…
September 2024 Update
Training Completed! The volunteer leadership of your Agoura Hills Fire Safe Council has recently completed training from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety…
Red Flag Day Checklist
September is National Preparedness Month We have entered into “Fire Season,” although today many believe Fire Season in California is all year round. A Red…
Firewise Certificates
Agoura Hills has many Firewise USA® recognized communities. California has enacted “Safer from Wildfires” requiring insurance companies to recognize Firewise USA® designated communities by providing discounts to property…
Outthink Wildfire
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…
Park Fire
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…
At Risk Resident Registration
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…