CDI Guidelines Require Insurers to Reward Firewise homeowners for wildfire preparation. The following excerpt from California Department of Insurance regulations became effective on October 14, 2022, dictating that insurers are required to offer state residents discounts for both community-level fire mitigation, such as a Firewise designation, and for meeting the specific requirements listed below for […]
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OAK PARK COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM TRAINING WHAT: CERT In-Person Course – Oak Park WHEN: Monday nights from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pmStart Date: April 08, 2024End Date: May 13, 2024 WHERE:Oak Park High School Room G-9899 N. Kanan Rd. Oak Park, CA 91377 CERT Training is a hybrid program combining an independent online curriculum with
The following article was contributed by Mike Thayer, CWMS, Property Risk Specialist for Allied Disaster Defense & Restoration, which gives us a unique perspective of how we got into the current home insurance crisis. Changes are here and more are coming, and it will affect you! Introduction Many homeowners in California have been impacted by the current wildfire
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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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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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