Your Oak Park Fire Safe Council has many exciting announcements this month! We are very fortunate to have secured a partnership with the Center for Geospatial Science and Technology from California State University Northridge. They created an interactive mapping tool as it relates to fire readiness specifically for Oak Park, which you can utilize. We encourage […]
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The Center for Geospatial Science and Technology (CGST) at California State University, Northridge, is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to advancing the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for real-world problem-solving, education, and innovative applications. GIS is a powerful digital tool that enables storage, visualization, and analysis of geographic data. In 2023, recognizing the importance of
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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 is located on the map. Oak Park Fire Hazard Severity Zone Oak Park is part of the 4th and final phase of CAL FIRE’s local Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps.
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John Faucher (Chairman), and Ed Reiner (Operations) of the Oak Park Fire Safe Council attended a meeting of the Oak Park Municipal Advisory Committee (MAC) on Thursday evening, 2/27/2025. John gave a synopsis of what the Fire Safe Council is, and what it does. We are a group of volunteers who seek to protect life
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Message From the Oak Park Fire Safe Council While we continue to hold those who suffered a devastating loss during the horrific January fires in our thoughts, we remain diligent in creating a fire-resilient community here in Oak Park with the goal of all of Oak Park ultimately becoming Firewise designated. It’s likely you are already doing things to support
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Important information if your home is in a trust Putting your home into a Revocable Trust is an estate planning best practice. One of the many challenges in the spotlight since the recent LA wildfires is problems people are having because their destroyed home was held in a trust, but the trust wasn’t named on
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California Governor Gavin Newsom, right, surveys damage in Pacific Palisades with CalFire’s Nick Schuler during the Palisades Fire on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, CA. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Fireproofing homes may be worth the cost Fireproofing your home in California is now a necessity to stave off devastating losses
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Welcome to the Mae Boyar East Firewise Community! If your house is within this area, congratulations! You are now within the Mae Boyar East Firewise Community, certified by the National Fire Protection Association. This means that some of your neighbors have already taken measures to lower the risk of wildfire spreading in the immediate area,
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Message From the Oak Park Fire Safe Council As we reflect on the recent devastation that swept through Los Angeles and Ventura County cities and towns, it’s important to remember that this tragedy will affect those impacted by the January fires for years to come. We’d like to extend our heartfelt condolences to all the
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Photo: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesWhy do some homes survive wildfires? Like many Californians, I became familiar with the term “home hardening” last year, when insurance companies had finally come to grips with the cost of the 2018 Woolsey fire and were fleeing California or increasing insurance rates to such unaffordable levels that many homeowners chose to
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