by firesafe | Aug 20, 2021 | FSC News, Home Hardening, MCFSC In The News, Preparing For Fire
The California Fire Safe Council Climate Action Corps Fellow Lillian Liang produced a great new resource, A Beginner’s Guide to a Wildfire Ready Home, as part of the event that rolled out our new equipment trailer (courtesy of LISTOS and the California Fire Safe...
by firesafe | Jun 23, 2021 | FSC News, Fuel Breaks, Home Hardening, Preparing For Fire, Road Clearing, Vegetation Management
One key role of the Mendocino County Fire Safe Council (MCFSC) is to help identify, define and prioritize wildfire preparation and mitigation work that will help our community survive and thrive in this wildfire prone enviroment. To do that we depend on residents and...
by firesafe | Mar 30, 2021 | Home Hardening, Preparing For Fire
Click here for a great short video about how to prevent home ignition presented by the National Fire Protection Association and featuring Jack...
by bkvc | May 21, 2018 | Home Hardening, Preparing For Fire, Vegetation Management
Almost all vegetation will burn in severe conditions. But if you take wise actions about the plants around your home, you will greatly improve your property’s chances of surviving. Does this mean cutting down all the trees and bushes near your house? No. Wildfire...
by bkvc | May 11, 2018 | Home Hardening, Preparing For Fire
In a large wildfire, firefighters from other counties may be assigned to your area. They will not know you or where your home is. There will not be enough fire engines to defend each home. In these situations firefighters must make quick decisions based on what they...
by bkvc | May 27, 2014 | Home Hardening, Preparing For Fire
Homes are much more likely to burn due to small flying embers than to contact by large flames. Pushed by wind, embers often get inside attic vents and ignite homes from the inside. Sometimes those fires aren’t visible from outside for hours after the main fire passes....
