If you didn't get a chance to see them before,the North Topanga Fire Safe Council has put together a great set of video presentations about fire and fire preparation in the Santa Monica Mountains (with application to all of Southern California). Presenters include yours truly, Sabrina Drill, discussing how to prepare your landscape to survive a wild fire, both in a talk and in a field tour; Steve Quarles with the Insurance Insititute for Building and Home Safety discussing how to help your home and structures withstand a wild fire; and Robert Taylor and Katherine Kirkpatrick from the National Park Service talking about fire ecology in the Santa Monica Mountains. Find them at https://sites.google.com/site/ntcfsc/ntcfsc-lecture-series and http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbUISiOvLVATCDThi75NVpFZmi4oL0cc2