December/January was again a busy time for the Oak Park Fire Safe Council (OPFSC). This article will be a mixture of a 2023 year-end review, and share a bit of our 2024 plan. In December 2023 we voted for new officers. In January we held a 2024 Strategy Planning Session to lay out our strategy […]
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The Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District (RSRPD) was just awarded a grant by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy to enhance the defensible space along Medea Creek. These open-space riparian areas are wholly owned and maintained by RSRPD. Ventura County Fire Department’s Fire Hazard Reduction Program and Home Ignition Zone guidelines call for mitigation of
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October was again a busy time for the Oak Park Fire Safe Council (OPFSC). We continue the Firewise process with several HOAs, and we continue to do more and more assessments for our homeowners. Accomplishments this month included: Several OPFSC board members attended the California Wildfire Conference. The Ventura County Resource Conservation District, in partnership with
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Fire season is upon us (really, when isn’t it!) So, we thought we would provide a few quick and easy actions that you can take to better prepare your home for wildfire season. Clear your gutters of debris – You or your gardener could simply remove the debris from the gutter, or you could look
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The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) developed the Firewise program specifically to protect communities from wildfire. The program improves the wildfire resiliency of the community and the individual homes and is recognized for doing so by California and its insurance companies. This improves the likelihood of your entire community retaining insurance and reducing the cost
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The California Fire Safe Council (CFSC) plays an important role in improving wildfire resiliency in California and more specifically in Oak Park. Several of the grants that the Oak Park Fire Safe Council has received for homeowner education have come from CFSC. The council, a non-profit corporation, was first formed as a project of the
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The subject of evacuation and what to do in case of a wildfire comes up regularly in our interactions with Oak Park residents. There are many aspects to these challenges, including wildfire planning and preparation, Emergency Communication, and recommended evacuation planning and coordination. All three of these areas are critical to an evacuation event. It
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September was a very busy month for the Oak Park Fire Safe Council (OPFSC). Along with our annual townhall, we have begun the Firewise process with several HOA’s, and we continue to do more and more assessments for our homeowners. Accomplishments this month included: The third annual townhall at the Oak Park Community Center. Ventura
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There is a lot going on in the fire world nationally, statewide, and locally here in Oak Park. This month, the Lahaina, Hawaii tragedy reminded us again of wildfire’s devastating impact. While we pray for the residents of Lahaina, for many of us their plight brought back memories of the Woolsey fire that impacted so
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The national Firewise USA recognition program provides a collaborative framework to help neighbors in a geographic area get organized, find direction, and take action to increase the ignition resistance of their homes and community and to reduce wildfire risk. As Oak Park moves forward with its Firewise Program, we stand on the shoulders of many
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