Community Leaders

The links below can be used by a variety of decision-makers -- government agencies, planners, firefighters -- to better understand community-level wildfire issues. Search interactive maps to learn more about wildfire risk in your community, and explore a science-based, parcel-level wildfire hazard assessment and ranking approach.

• Community Wildfire Hazard Assessment and Ranking
  • Learn more about the process of completing a community-wide hazard assessment, download forms, and see an example of how to communicate with your community via a simple web-based map.
  • Individual community members can also be pointed to the interactive Homeowner Wildfire Assessment or Evaluación de riesgos de incendios para propietarios de vivienda to complete a self-assessment of their property (a brochure explaining the features of the toolkit available to individual homeowners can be downloaded here (.pdf).
• Builder's Wildfire Mitigation Guide
  • Review a comprehensive guide to building in fire-prone areas.
• After-wildfire Resources
  • Information and further resources on recovering after a wildland-urban interface fire.