The Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council will be delivering regional Home Hardening and Zone 0 workshops in multiple areas throughout Ventura County and we want YOU to be there. In an effort to help our communities evade disasters like the Mountain, Eaton and Palisades Fires, we aim to explain how EVERYONE has a role in preparing for wildfires. New Zone 0 regulations have been enacted and more will be coming soon for folks in specific Fire Hazard Severity Zones. At these workshops, you will learn about general home hardening, what "Zone 0" means, and if it applies to you.

Note to Firewise USA® neighborhoods: these will count as invested time for your annual investment reports.

Dates, times and locations will be announced in an email and on our website in the coming weeks. Please watch for these and share with your friends and families.

See you soon!

The Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council

The Board is likely to conduct further committee meetings this spring and aims to commence the formal rulemaking process, which includes opportunities for public comment, this summer. The Board anticipates completing this process by the end of 2025. To subscribe to the Board’s electronic mailing list, please sign up here: State Board of Forestry & Fire Protection

Curbside Chipper Days consist of individual residents doing their own yardwork and setting all their ready-to-chip vegetation into a neatly formed stack at the end of their driveway. On the days of the event, a crew will drive by with a chipper and chip their vegetation.

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ: It is resident's responsibility to sign up through our reservation link, pile properly BEFORE the event start date, and that if the event is two days and we finish all sign ups on the first day, there will be no second day.

Drop-off Chipper Events consist of VRFSC establishing a drop-off location and set time where residents can bring their cut vegetation for chipping on-site.

Next Workshop: Firewise Neighborhood Networking

May 16, 1:00PM (ZOOM)

This month will be all about networking! This workshop will allow participants to meet other resident leaders, share challenges and lessons learned, and connect with others at similar stages of the Firewise process.



REGISTER HERE

The Firewise USA® program, run by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and reviewed by CALFIRE, helps communities enhance fire safety in wildfire-prone areas. With 2000+ recognized communities nationwide, the decade long program has proven multiple instances of structure loss during a wildfire event.

VRFSC, in collaboration with the Ventura County Fire Department, aids communities in becoming Firewise Sites. To earn recognition as a Firewise site, interested communities must complete six steps:

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