OPFSC May 2025 Update
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!…
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May Is Wildfire Awareness Month
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…
Community Wildfire Mitigation Training
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…
OPFSC April 2025 Update
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…
Defensible Space Interactive Map
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,…
CAL FIRE – Fire Hazard Severity Zone
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.…
OPFSC lays out four major initiatives to the Oak Park Municipal Advisory Council
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…
OPFSC March 2025 Update
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…
Is your home in a trust? This is an important read
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…
Newsom speeds up regulations
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…
Welcome Mae Boyar East Firewise Community
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…
OPFSC February 2025 Update
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…
Home hardening could spare your home during wildfire
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…
Experience with my Insurance Agency
In this year-end edition of the Oak Park Fire Safe Council newsletter, we thought it would be helpful for one of our very own OPFSC board members to share his…
OPFSC 2024 Accomplishments
The following are our accomplishments in 2024, with the help of many partners and community residents. Thanks to all of you Oak Park residents who are making our community safer. Firewise…
October Open House
On October 5 we hosted, along with the Ventura County Supervisor and the Ventura County Fire Department, an open house at Fire Station 36. This was a really fun family…
5 Things You Can Do Today To Prepare
Before the rainy season is wildfire season. The Oak Park Fire Safe Council wants you to do some basic things to your home that can make a difference in keeping…
OPFSC November 2024 Update
Here are our major activities and accomplishments in October: Firewise Morrison Sutton and Regency Chambord are the most recent HOAs to receive Firewise USA recognition. This makes five Oak Park…
Oak Park Fire Station 36 Open House
Come out and have some fun! The ice cream truck will be there between Noon and 2 pm. Meet your elected official, fire personnel and more! Share concerns about your…
Defensible Space
DSpace is not Deep Space – DSpace means defensible space! Embers, not the main firefront, are the leading cause of home ignitions during a wildfire. The DSpace around your home offers you…