Glenshire/Devonshire National Firewise Certificates:
2020-2021 National Firewise Certificate
2019-2020 National Firewise Certificate
RESOURCES
The GDRA Firwise Committee is organizing a 2021 community wildfire preparedness workshop (webinar) for early summer. Stay tuned, and sign up for email communications to get the latest on our Firewise® Community.
- GDRA Defensible Space Policy
- Wildfire Home Retrofit Guide
- LA Times Home Hardening Article
- CA Dept Insurance 02.2021 Press Release – Home/Community Hardening
- Truckee Fire – Defensible Space
- Fire Resistant Landscaping Tips
- CalFIRE ReadyForWildfire.org
- National Fire Protection Association
- FireWise Community from NFPA
- FireSafe Council of Nevada County
- Truckee Fire – Defensible Space
What is Firewise?
Firewise® USA is a National Fire Protection Association program that teaches people how to adapt to living with wildfire and encourages neighbors to work together and take preemptive action to prevent losses.
FIREWISE COMMUNITY MAP (by Fire Safe Council of Nevada County) Buckhorn Ridge – Cambridge Estates – Elkhorn Ridge – Glenshire Devonshire – Sierra Bluffs – The Meadows
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Glenshire Devonshire Residents Association became a Firewise® USA site in October of 2018.
How does it work?
Firewise USA provides a collaborative framework for neighbors to reduce wildfire risks at the local level. The national program gets down to the neighborhood levels, providing tools, education, and plans for increasing a home’s chance of surviving a wildfire while making it safer for firefighters to defend their home and neighborhood.
The program has annual renewal requirements – in order to remain a Firewise® USA site, a neighborhood must complete a certain number of hours and meet criteria to be recertified.
Why should I participate?
Scientific research has proven that when adequately prepared, a home can withstand a wildland fire without the intervention of fire suppression services. And when firefights do become involved in saving a home, Firewise® Communities provider a safer working environment to help make a dangerous job safer. When an entire community gathers together to make the neighborhood a better place, everyone benefits. The new normal is a year-round fire season, and our community must respond.
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Have you already completed your defensible space work? Log it in our Firewise® system here.
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