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Conservation and Wildfire Background Materials
These documents were written for the Sierra Nevada Community Conservation and Wildfire Protection Plan Guidebook. Many however, will have applicability throughout California and the west. We encourage you to peruse them and share them with others interested in promoting fire safety at home and in our wild lands.
– Conservation Principles for Community Wildfire Protection in California's Sierra Nevada
– Wildland Fire Safety at Home Text document explaining wildfire safety and defensible space to support your fire planning and fire safety efforts.
– Wildland Fuel Hazard Reduction Text document that explains methodologies and prescriptions used throughout the Guidebook.
– Fire Safety Information (internet links)
- Board of Forestry Defensible Space Guidelines
- Board of Forestry, Forest Fire Prevention Exemption Language
- CAL FIRE, Home Page
- CAL FIRE: Before, During, and After Wildfire
- CAL FIRE: Evacuation Handout
- CAL FIRE: 100 Reasons Why 100 Feet
- CAL FIRE: Homeowner's Responsibility
- California Fire Safe Council (CFSC) Home Page
- CFSC Homeowner’s Checklist
- CFSC Landscape Guides: Brushland, Timberland, Grassland
- EDFSC Air Quality Burning Regulations (Spring 06 Newsletter p. 7)
- EDFSC Fire Resistant Landscaping
- Firewise Homeowner's Resources
- Homeowner's Wildfire Mitigation Guide
- Plumas National Forest Fire Resistant Landscaping
- Public Resource Code 4290 and 4291 (Select "Public Resources Code, and then type in 4290 or 4291, then "Search.")
- Summary of California WUI Codes
- The Role of Registered Professional Foresters (RPF), RPF Law
Internet Links for Further Information
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