2026-2027 Firewise Certificates Available For Download

Recognized Firewise USA® communities get Insurance Discounts. In 2022, the California Department of Insurance enacted “Safer from Wildfires,” requiring insurance companies to recognize Firewise USA® designated communities by providing discounts to property owners in those communities.  The 2026-2027 Firewise Renewals have been updated. If your community is in “good standing,” you can download your community’s 2026-2027 Firewise

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IBHS Side-By-Side Burn

On October 26, 2026, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) and CalChiefs Fire Marshal Section held a live side-by-side burn demonstration to show how proven home and landscaping mitigation strategies will reduce home ignition and improve wildfire resilience. Watch Full Video Below Constructed to mimic most of our homes Open eaves Vinyl

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A System Overwhelmed: Palisades and Eaton Fires

A firefighting plane dumps water on the Palisades fire on Jan. 7, 2025. Photo courtesy: Brian van den Burg/Los Angeles Times A sweeping new review of the January 2025 Los Angeles fires concludes that no single agency or decision explains the destruction. Instead, it describes a system that was never designed for fires like these.

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Firewise Reporting Reminder

Your Firewise Community Needs You! Every year Residents in Firewise USA® Communities are required to submit a certain amount of “Firewise activities” to maintain their “In Good Standing” status. Each November, Firewise Community Leaders must reapply. Please submit your Firewise Activities to ensure your community remains “In Good Standing.” Firewise Activities you are probably already

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Wildfire-Resistant Homes Do More Than Resist Fire

Wildfire risk keeps growing, and so do home insurance costs. Many homeowners are asking how to make their homes safer, and what it will cost. Upfront costs for wildfire-resistant retrofits range from modest to significant. But new research suggests the price tag is only part of the story. The benefits beyond fire protection Headwaters Economics

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New Standards for Smoke-Damaged Homes

Great news: Governor Newsom has signed the first-in-the-nation standards for testing and remediating hazardous wildfire smoke contamination for future fires and requires insurers to cover qualifying smoke damage, testing, remediation, and restoration. California Enacts First-in-Nation Standards for Smoke-Damaged Homes In the ashes of the January 2025 wildfires, thousands of Los Angeles-area homeowners have faced a

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September is Wildfire Prevention Month

Make September the Month You Get Your Mitigation Work Done. September marks Wildfire Prevention Month, positioned at the point in the calendar when much of the western United States is at peak fire risk — vegetation is at its driest, and fire activity historically remains high through early fall. The month is used by fire

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Watch Duty Turns Five

We strongly advise all residents to download and use the Watch Duty App. Watch Duty, the wildfire tracking and alert app, marks five years of operation this year, having launched in August 2021. In that time, it has grown from a single-county volunteer project into one of the most widely used wildfire information tools in

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CA Board of Forestry and Fire Protection approves final Zone 0 regulations

CA Board of Forestry and Fire Protection Approves First-in-the-Nation Zone 0 Regulations. Thank you to the CA Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. They have worked tirelessly to complete these regulations. No, we didn’t all get everything we wanted but we all got something that will keep us all safer from wildfire. This has to

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Wildfires Raging on Four Continents

Wildfires aren’t just a California problem.  They’re burning on four continents at once, and the numbers this week are staggering. Here’s where things stand as of July 30, 2026. The US: 92 large fires and counting. Firefighters are currently working to suppress and contain 92 large fires across the country, with 9 new large incidents

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