HOME HARDENING

A short summary of how to make your home more resistant to a wildfire from the California Fire Safe Council is excellent.

Best How-To guide for hardening your home from the Tahoe Network of Fire Adapted Communities. Wildfire Home Retrofit Guide: How to Harden Homes for Wildfire. They also have three recordings of workshops that explain and teach this material:

• Wildfire Home Retrofit Workshop: Public

• Wildfire Home Retrofit Workshop: Building Professionals

• Wildfire Home Retrofit Workshop: Fire Professionals and Educators

What to do NOW to harden your home:

• Get all vent openings to your home replaced with fire resistant vents and install gutter covers.

  MOFD provides free ember-resistant mesh and gutter covers for residents within the Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District. Apply here to order materials or request matching grant funds for manufactured fire resistant vents (Vulcan Vents, Brandguard, O’Hagin)

• Get an automatic gas shutoff valve

• Store your flammable or combustible liquids properly. Here’s how.