Del Norte Fire Safe Council
PO Box 1135, Crescent City, CA 95531
Del Norte Firewise Communities
Helping neighborhoods work together to reduce wildfire risk, protect homes, and build a more fire-resilient Del Norte County.
Firewise communities are built by neighbors who are ready to take practical, local action before the next wildfire. Del Norte Fire Safe Council helps residents organize, understand their wildfire risk, create action plans, and connect with programs that support defensible space, home hardening, fuels reduction, education, and community preparedness.
WHAT IS FIREWISE?
Firewise USA® is a national recognition program that helps residents organize at the neighborhood level to reduce wildfire risk. A Firewise community can be a road system, subdivision, neighborhood, or rural community where residents work together to identify shared risks and take action.
Being Firewise does not mean a community is fireproof. It means residents are organized, informed, and actively working to improve the chances that homes, roads, driveways, and neighborhoods can withstand wildfire.
Firewise communities focus on practical actions such as defensible space, home hardening, vegetation management, evacuation awareness, road access, neighborhood communication, and annual wildfire-preparedness projects.
How Del Norte Fire Safe Council Helps
Del Norte Fire Safe Council supports residents who want to start, grow, or maintain a Firewise community. Firewise is most successful when local residents lead the effort. Our role is to help neighborhoods understand the process, connect with the right resources, and turn interest into action.
Depending on the needs of each neighborhood, DNFSC may be able to help with community meetings, Firewise boundary planning, wildfire risk assessments, action plan development, defensible space education, home assessment information, fuels reduction planning, chipping coordination, volunteer tracking, and annual renewal support.
The goal is simple: help neighbors work together before wildfire, not during it.
DNFSC can help communities with:
Neighborhood Firewise meetings
Community boundary planning
Wildfire risk assessments
Firewise action plans
Home assessment information
Defensible space education
Chipping and vegetation disposal coordination
Volunteer and project tracking
Annual Firewise renewal support
Connections to local wildfire preparedness programs
Firewise works best when local residents lead the effort. DNFSC’s role is to help support, guide, and strengthen that local leadership.
Find Your Firewise Community
Interested in Starting a Firewise Community?
If your neighborhood is not listed yet, we can help you understand the process and take the first steps. A good starting point is gathering a few interested neighbors, identifying a possible community boundary, and scheduling an initial neighborhood meeting.
From there, DNFSC can help explain the Firewise process and assist with the basic materials needed to move forward.
To learn more or ask about starting a Firewise community in your neighborhood,
Contact: jessica@delnortefsc.org