We are now a Firewise USA® community
We understand a growing number of our neighbors are concerned about their homeowners insurance. We are too.
Our Fire Safe Council prioritized taking the step of becoming certified as Firewise USA® Community as an additional safety measure for homeowners insurance. While certification doesn’t come with any guarantees, some insurance companies now offer discounts and unlock additional benefits for active Firewise USA® Communities.
In addition to recognition for the work we’ve already done, the Firewise USA® program teaches people how to adapt to living with wildfire and encourages neighbors to work together and take action now to prevent wildfire risk through education and collaboration.
Keep reading to learn more about benefits and how you can help maintain our active status.
Send this certificate to your HO insurance agent and ask about discounts and incentives
Report your Firewise Activity
To maintain active status and benefits as a Firewise community, each home must invest one hour each year in wildfire risk reduction actions.
Wildfire risk reduction action includes easy things like:
Clearing your roof and gutters
Sweeping your deck of redwood needles
Taking your greens bin to the curb
Trimming overgrown tree limbs
Breaking down limbs and trees into firewood
Raking needles and leaves from the ember zone (0-5 ft from your house)
Log your activity using the button below to see even more examples, like hiring arborists or home hardening specialists, pulling up roadside weeds… so many things you probably didn’t even know you were getting credit for!
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Fire Safe Council HCT is located on the unceded land of the Southern Pomo people now represented by the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. We acknowledge the impacts of colonization, displacement, genocide, and erasure that Indigenous people have experienced and continue to experience to this day. We intend for our work to be a continuation of a respectful cultural relationship with fire and each other that has been a tradition on the lands in which our community resides. May our collective awareness, education, and advocacy honor the original and future stewards, caretakers, and inhabitants of this land.
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