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Coming Soon Calabasas Home Hardening Grant Program
STARTING NOVEMBER 1, 2025 City of Calabasas Wildfire Resiliency Home Hardening Incentive Grant Program The City of Calabasas has established a program to provide financial…
Improve Your Home’s Survivability by 40%
Home hardening alone raised survival to 25%. Hardening and clearing defensible space closest to the home up to 5 feet improved survivability to 40%. CBS…
Zone Zero is Not Optional
By: Todd LandoBattalion Chief, Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Specialist – Central Marin Fire Department September 25, 2025 The debate around California’s Zone Zero regulation has reached…
Fire Safe Visual Guide For Your Garden
Up to 90% of home ignitions are caused by burning embers. Ember intrusion through openings in your home, and embers landing on vegetation and other…
Santa Ana Wind Season
September is National Preparedness Month. It’s an annual observance sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to remind everyone to prepare for emergencies and disasters.…
Sellers Be Aware: New Disclosures
As of July 1, 2021, California Assembly Bill 38 (AB 38) states that the seller of a residential property located in specified zones must submit documentation…
Will Trash Cans Burn? What do you think?
Will trash cans burn? Watch the video to see if your guess is correct. Trash cans should always be moved at least 5 feet away…
This Home is Wildfire Ready — Is Yours?
Think the 5-foot “Zone 0” Means No Yard? Think Again.This homeowner created a 5-foot Zone 0 buffer using smart landscaping and noncombustible materials—and they still…
CWPP Public Survey
City of Calabasas Community Wildfire Protection Plan Survey. A Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is essential for communities in high-risk wildfire areas because it helps…
Let’s Talk Defensible Space
What is Defensible Space? CAL FIRE defines Defensible Space as the buffer between your structure and the surrounding area. Adequate defensible space acts as a…
The Tale of Two Homes
One home burned and the other did not In a recent article by LA Times, staff writer Jack Flemming, writes about a home hardening demonstration…
Four main Home Hardening Programs you need to know about
If you’re confused by the different standards and organizations telling us what to do to protect our homes from wildfire, you’re not alone. Organizations are…
Judge Rules California FAIR Plan’s smoke-damage policy is illegal
In a landmark decision, judge rules California FAIR Plan’s smoke-damage policy is illegal. A Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge said Tuesday, June 24, 2025,…
What does Firewise mean for you
Calabasas Firewise Calabasas is a designate Firewise Community. Calabasas residents are working together to make our community more resilient to wildfire. Firewise is a community…
Black Mustard Brush Clearance
Reducing Wildfire Fuels It is that time of year again when we need to prepare for fire season by reducing wildfire fuels. Clearing the brush…
Lessons from the 2025 LA Fires
“In both the Eaton and Palisades Fires, I did not see many homesthat survived without evidence of some type of defensive action.” Lessons from the…
May Is National Fire Awareness Month
May is know as the National Wildfire Awareness Month It’s a time to focus on prevention and preparedness for wildfires, especially as warmer weather and…
First Annual Wildfire Extravaganza
The Santa Monica Mountains Fire Safe Council is hosting its First Annual Wildfire Extravaganza!!! They will be hosting a home and garden tour with a focus…
Community Wildfire Mitigation Training
Resource Conservation District of Santa Monica Mountains is hosting a Community Wildfire Mitigation Training event at the Calabasas Community Center. Please Join Wildfire Expert Instructor…
April 2025 Update
The following are some of our recent accomplishments. Thanks to the help of our many partners and residents who are making our community safer. Firewise…
Know Your Evacuation Zone
Now is the time to get prepared to avoid tragedy and loss from a fire, earthquake or communications emergency. Your Calabasas Fire Safe Council has…
CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zones
On March 24, 2025, CAL FIRE released its revised Fire Hazard Severity Zone for your area. This interactive map lets you see where your home…
LA Parent Article
In the current issue of L.A. Parent Magazine, our very own Brian Cameron, President of the Emergency Preparedness In Calabasas Fire Safe Council (EPIC-FSC), gives…
Firewise Certificates
Calabasas already 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…
Important information if your home is in a trust
Is your home is in a trust? Putting your home into a Revocable Trust is an estate planning best practice. One of the many challenges…
Our website offers you many resources
Our Calabasas Firewise Website is filled with important information and resources you need to protect your home and family. The Calabasas Firewise website was created…
Welcome to Calabasas Firewise
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,…
Ready! Set! Go!
Ready! Set! Go! Calabasas is one of the most beautiful places to live, but living in a “wildland-urban interface” (WUI) area does come with risks.…
Calabasas 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…
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…
Home Insurance Shopping
Home insurance shopping? Has your insurer dropped you? In June 2024 Amy Bach, Esq., Co-founder and Executive Director of United Policyholders, addressed the current home…
Firewise
Firewise was developed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and is a cooperative effort among local, state, federal and private agencies and organizations to…
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…
Park Fire
The Park Fire in Northern California was California’s 4th-largest wildfire on record. This record is sobering but doesn’t capture the enormous amount of hard work…