Smoke Alarms

Burns

Yield to Emergency Vehicles

Transportation Safety

Earthquake Preparedness

Wildland Fire Safety

Fireworks Safety and Prohibition

Vacation Safety

Recreational Safety

Back to School Safety

Exit Drills in the Home

Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery

Halloween Safety

Cooking & Heating Safety

Holiday & Winter Safety

Wildland Fire Safety

Wildfire destroys hundreds of homes every year. By taking some proactive steps you can dramatically reduce the risk of destruction by wildfire .

• Maintain a "defensible" space around your home by clearing all flammable vegetation within 30 feet of the structure. Clear dead leaves and cut small trees and brush to leave widely spaced, larger trees.

• Trim tree limbs within 10 feet of your chimney and trim all dead limbs hanging over your house and garage.
  Remove all leaves and needles from the roof, eaves and rain gutters.

• Cover your chimney outlet or vent with a vertical spark arrester of 1/2" mesh screen.

• Make sure your home can be quickly identified by ensuring that its address is clearly marked and visible, check with your fire department for local code  compliance.

• When replacing a roof, replace combustible roofing (wood shakes) with fire-resistive roofing materials. Fire-resistive roof coverings have proven to reduce the number of homes destroyed by fire each year.

• Enclose spaces under decks and porches to prevent the accumulation of combustible materials and debris.

• Select low growing and less-flammable plants when landscaping your home; plant larger trees no closer than six feet from the structure.

• Attach spark arresters on chainsaws, motorcycles, grass mowers and all other small internal combustion engines.

• There are many things you can do to make and keep your home a safe place to live and now is the time to do it. If you have questions or need help; call the Fire Prevention Bureau at your local Fire Department.