“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 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires By Yana Valachovic, UC Cooperative Extension advisor, visited Palisades and Eaton Fires The UC ANR fire expert highlights materials, components and actions that saved homes from […]
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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 communities become more wildfire-resilient. The videos cover wildfire preparedness, fire ecology and how-to’s for home-hardening and defensible space! LINKS TO GREAT EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS: (Click on the links below) Home Hardening
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May is National Wildfire Awareness month!! It’s time to start focusing on the upcoming fire season (it’s always fire season) and ways you can protect your home and our community! Home Hardening Your Oak Park Fire Safe Council has some new and exciting additions to our website that you may find very useful! Under the Resources
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May is National Wildfire Awareness Month. It’s a time to focus on prevention and preparedness for wildfires, especially as warmer weather and drying vegetation increase the risk of wildfires. The month highlights the importance of being ready for potential wildfires and encourages individuals to take steps to protect themselves and their homes. On Monday, May
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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 Pat Durland at a FREE Community Wildfire Mitigation Training When: Friday evening, May 23, and Saturday, May 24, 2025 Where: Calabasas Community Center: 27040 Malibu Hills Rd, Calabasas, CA 91301
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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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