Welcome:
We are excited to welcome the residents of Calabasas to our first Calabasas Firewise website. We will be sending out an informative monthly newsletter, sent to you from Calabasas Firewise, Emergency Preparedness in Calabasas Fire Safe Council (EPIC-FSC), and the City of Calabasas, which will be filled with important information on how you can help protect your home and family from wildfire.
The mission of Calabasas Firewise is to work with federal, state, and local agencies to protect life and property from wildfire in Calabasas, California. We execute projects to educate homeowners on how to protect their homes and the surrounding defensible space. We also participate in various fuel mitigation projects to reduce the impact of wildfires on Calabasas’s open spaces.
Calabasas Firewise works with EPIC-FSC, a recognized Fire Safe Council by the official California Fire Safe Council, whose mission is to be “California’s leader in community wildfire risk reduction and resiliency.”
Fire Safe Councils are grassroots, community-led organizations that mobilize residents to protect their homes, communities, and environments from catastrophic wildfires.
With the rise of homeowner insurance rates in our area since the Thomas, Woolsey, Palisades, and Kenneth fires, we are also focused on methods of assuring widespread insurance coverage and reducing its cost. We are a communications hub between homeowners and various fire-related and municipal agencies. This communication and feedback guides our various programs and projects. Our funding comes primarily from State, Local and Corporate grants.
Our mission includes:
- Development of a Wildfire Risk Assessment (WRA)
- Development of a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)
- Development of a Digital Infrastructure to support communication with our residents
- Free Home Ignition Zone (HIZ) assessments for residents
- Development of Firewise Communities for all Calabasas Communities
- Strengthen the resiliency of homes against wildfire
- Educate residents on Home Hardening and Defensible Space
- Help reduce the cost of home insurance for our residents
- Reduce fuel in Calabasas’s open spaces
Our website is filled with important information and resources you need to protect your home and family.
Please share with friends, family, and neighbors to help mitigate wildfires in Calabasas.
Thank you,
Michael W Dyer
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Director
City of Calabasas, CA
