Wildfire Social Resources
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- Make your home #wildfireready: Make sure your roof is fire-rated. A Class A roof provides the most protection from fire. If your roof is unrated, or if you are replacing your roof, re-roof with a Class A-rated roof. Find more info at wildfire-ready.com. #wildfirereadyweekend
- Make your home #wildfireready: Pay attention to the 5 feet immediately around your home. This area should be maintained to keep fire or embers from igniting materials in this zone and spreading fire to your home. Find more info at wildfire-ready.com.
- Make your home #wildfireready: Make sure vents have a metal screen 1/8 inch or finer to block embers from entering and igniting your home. Be sure to check screens periodically and remove accumulated debris. Find more info at wildfire-ready.com. #wildfireready #wildfireprep #wildfirepreparedness
- Make your yard #wildfireready: Clear yard debris, such as leaves and needles, from your roof and gutters. Embers can easily start fires in these areas. Find more info at wildfire-ready.com. #wildfireready #wildfireprep #wildfirepreparedness
- Make your yard #wildfireready: Trim your trees. Remove branches that overhand your roof or gutters and trim your shrubbery. Find more info at wildfire-ready.com. #wildfireready #wildfireprep #wildfirepreparedness
- Make your home #wildfireready: If your deck sits less than 4 ft. above the ground, enclose it with a noncombustible material or use 1/8 inch mesh to help keep debris/embers from collecting underneath. Find more info at wildfire-ready.com. #wildfireprep #wildfirepreparedness
- Make your home #wildfireready: If you and your neighbor have fences that overlap, this creates a small gap between the fences where debris and embers can accumulate and ignite both fences. Talk to your neighbor and work together to take down any sections that overlap.
- Make your home #wildfireready: Time to remove those items under your deck. To help prevent your deck from igniting and spreading fire to your home, do not use the area underneath for long-term storage. Find more info at wildfire-ready.com. #wildfireprep
- To help identify what to do to reduce your risk, download our new, free app – Wildfire Ready Virtual – that uses virtual reality to help you explore the wildfire vulnerabilities of your own home. Available for Apple & Android. Visit wildfire-ready-virtual.com/ for more info.
- Take steps today to reduce your #wildfire risk with Wildfire Prepared Home, the first wildfire mitigation designation program based on the latest research from IBHS (@IBHS_org). Access the Homeowner Guide at wildfireprepared.org to get started. #IBHSWFPH
- Based on the latest wildfire science from IBHS (@IBHS_org), the Wildfire Prepared Home program helps homeowners address wildfire vulnerabilities in 3 key areas of their property. Get the Homeowner Guide at wildfireprepared.org. #IBHSWFPH
- Reduce your #wildfire risk today with Wildfire Prepared Home, a wildfire mitigation designation program from @IBHS_org. Dive in at wildfirepreparedhome.org. #IBHSWFPH
- Reduce Your Risk: Wildfire Prepared Home from @IBHS_org is the first wildfire mitigation designation program to allow homeowners to show they’ve taken science-based actions to reduce their homes’ wildfire risk. More at wildfireprepared.org. #IBHSWFPH
- Wildfire Prepared Home is the first wildfire mitigation program to allow California homeowners to achieve a designation by taking the IBHS science-based steps to reduce their homes’ wildfire risk. More at wildfireprepared.org. #IBHSWFPH @IBHS_org
